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Becoming Metropolitan End Years & Beyond Drawing on firsthand accounts andDescription by Nathaniel D. Wood Hardcover The Age of Great Cities erupted in East Central Europe in the last quarter of the 19th century as migrants poured into imperial and regional capitals. For citizens of places like Cracow, discovering and enacting metropolitan identities reinforced their break from a provincial past while affirming their belonging to modern European civilization. Strolling the city streets, sipping coffee in cafes, riding the