Miloš Jovanović is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is co-editor of Sharpening the Haze: Visual Essays on Imperial History and Memory (2020).

"Jovanović has written an exceptional book. Unmasking the 'fantasies' of progress of Balkan bourgeois elites, the author highlights the social costs of urban transformation and capitalist modernity with rigor, creativity, and compassion. A highly original take on post-imperial transitions."—Theodora Dragostinova, The Ohio State University "Cities of Dust and Mud offers a bold rethinking of the dark side of urban modernity through the intertwined histories of Belgrade and Sofia in the long nineteenth century. Provocative and deeply original, the book challenges readers to confront the realities of how modern cities are imagined and created."—Emily Greble, Vanderbilt University

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and NamesIntroductionPart 1 Space1. Progress and Survival in Belgrade2. Sofia, the Balkan BrusselsPart 2 People3. To Toil, Work, and Then4. Neither Good nor Safe SubjectsPart 3 Time5. Refractions of EmpireEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

Miloš Jovanović is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is co-editor of Sharpening the Haze: Visual Essays on Imperial History and Memory (2020).

"Jovanović has written an exceptional book. Unmasking the 'fantasies' of progress of Balkan bourgeois elites, the author highlights the social costs of urban transformation and capitalist modernity with rigor, creativity, and compassion. A highly original take on post-imperial transitions."—Theodora Dragostinova, The Ohio State University "Cities of Dust and Mud offers a bold rethinking of the dark side of urban modernity through the intertwined histories of Belgrade and Sofia in the long nineteenth century. Provocative and deeply original, the book challenges readers to confront the realities of how modern cities are imagined and created."—Emily Greble, Vanderbilt University

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and NamesIntroductionPart 1 Space1. Progress and Survival in Belgrade2. Sofia, the Balkan BrusselsPart 2 People3. To Toil, Work, and Then4. Neither Good nor Safe SubjectsPart 3 Time5. Refractions of EmpireEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

Miloš Jovanović is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is co-editor of Sharpening the Haze: Visual Essays on Imperial History and Memory (2020).

"Jovanović has written an exceptional book. Unmasking the 'fantasies' of progress of Balkan bourgeois elites, the author highlights the social costs of urban transformation and capitalist modernity with rigor, creativity, and compassion. A highly original take on post-imperial transitions."—Theodora Dragostinova, The Ohio State University "Cities of Dust and Mud offers a bold rethinking of the dark side of urban modernity through the intertwined histories of Belgrade and Sofia in the long nineteenth century. Provocative and deeply original, the book challenges readers to confront the realities of how modern cities are imagined and created."—Emily Greble, Vanderbilt University

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and NamesIntroductionPart 1 Space1. Progress and Survival in Belgrade2. Sofia, the Balkan BrusselsPart 2 People3. To Toil, Work, and Then4. Neither Good nor Safe SubjectsPart 3 Time5. Refractions of EmpireEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex