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In recent decades, the insight that narration shapes our perception of reality has inspired and influenced the most innovative historical accounts. Focusing on new research, this volume explores the history of non-elite populations in cities from Caracas to Vienna, and Paris to Belgrade. Narration is central to the theme of each contribution, whether as a means of description, a methodological approach, or basic story telling. This book brings together research that both asks classical socio-historical questions and takes narration seriously, engaging with novels, films, local history accounts, petitions to municipal authorities, and interviews with alternative cinema activists.

In recent decades, the insight that narration shapes our perception of reality has inspired and influenced the most innovative historical accounts. Focusing on new research, this volume explores the history of non-elite populations in cities from Caracas to Vienna, and Paris to Belgrade. Narration is central to the theme of each contribution, whether as a means of description, a methodological approach, or basic story telling. This book brings together research that both asks classical socio-historical questions and takes narration seriously, engaging with novels, films, local history accounts, petitions to municipal authorities, and interviews with alternative cinema activists.

The impact of conflict on Central Europe during the twentieth century, particularly the effects of the Second World War, sorely tested urban networks—that is, political relationships, social connections, information flow, economic exchange, and medical care—fraying them badly where they were not damaged wholesale. This was particularly true in the heartland of the Nazi regime, Germany and Austria. Devastating aerial bombardment during the later years of the war and ground assaults in the war’s closing weeks brought theReich’s citizens a taste of what their armed forces had visited on those areas they had invaded. Policymakers among both the

The impact of conflict on Central Europe during the twentieth century, particularly the effects of the Second World War, sorely tested urban networks—that is, political relationships, social connections, information flow, economic exchange, and medical care—fraying them badly where they were not damaged wholesale. This was particularly true in the heartland of the Nazi regime, Germany and Austria. Devastating aerial bombardment during the later years of the war and ground assaults in the war’s closing weeks brought theReich’s citizens a taste of what their armed forces had visited on those areas they had invaded. Policymakers among both the