Urbs - Magyar várostörténeti évkönyv 2. (Budapest, 2007)

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE "NETWORKED" CITY IN THE 19

TH CENTURY András Sipos: Introduction 9 Zsuzsa Frisnyák: The Spatial Expansion of the Telephone Network in Budapest, 1881-1912 13 Sándor Békési: Urban Mobility through Networks: The Construction of Public Transportation in Vienna during the Gründerzeit 39 Gerhard Meißl: Network Development and Urban Space 63 Ferenc Vadas: Gasworks in Vienna and Budapest 81 Miklós Melega: The Modernization Programme of a Medium-sized Provincial Town; Szombathely, 1895-1902 107 Péter Kalocsai: Urban Transport, Network and Mass Transit in Western Hungary: Sopron and Szombathely, 1867-1914 153 URBAN POLITICS AND CITY DEVELOPMENT: BUDAPEST IN THE 20

th CENTURY Károly Ignácz: Municipal Elections and the General Assembly of the Municipal Board of Budapest, 1920-1945 201 Erika Varsányi: The Social Democratic Faction on the Municipal Board of Budapest, 1925-1948 227 Laura Umbrai: The History of Municipal Housing Construction in Budapest, 1937-1948 247 Lea Kőszeghy: A Sociological Analysis of City Planning in Budapest, 1960-1975 293 Kyra Tomay: Józsefváros and Ferencváros: Two Attempts of Revitalization in Budapest 323 CITY AND MEMORY Brian Ladd: Berlin Walls 359 Csaba Katona: "Oh, you should have stayed longer in Pest!" Memories of Pest in the Reform Era in the Diaries of Etelka Slachta 416