Toponymy and the Communist city: Street names in Bucharest, 1948-1965

GeoJournal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-144

  Light, Duncan ^a   Nicolae, Ion ^b   Suditu, Bogdan ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bucharest; Communism; Ideology; Romania; Street names

Indexed keywords

RESONANCE; ROADS AND STREETS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SPATIAL CLUSTERING;

URBAN PLANNING;

COMMUNISM; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PLACE NAME; TOPONYMY;

BUCHAREST; ROMANIA;

EID: 0036933412     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022469601470     Document Type: Article

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