Abstract
AbstractŁódź and Tampere share an industrial and political past. Part of the Russian empire, the cities became major textile hubs crucial for Tsarist industrial economy.1 The cities were also Red strongholds. Historically, they can be seen as socio-economic “experiments” and “islands of modernization” within largely rural societies. Since the 1980s (in case of Tampere) and the 1990s (in case of Łódź) both cities have undergone substantial social and economic transformations connected with the collapse or decline of traditional industries. How do the two cities choose to represent their working-class heritage today? This essay compares how city museums in Tampere and Łódź represent their working-class history in selective and contradictory ways.
Highlights
IntroductionPart of the Russian empire, the cities became major textile hubs crucial for Tsarist industrial economy.[1] The cities were Red strongholds
Łódź and Tampere share an industrial and political past
For Łódź, the reconstruction of the narratives concerning the working class was in some cases possible only through relational references to other social entities and actors, as the working class was rarely mentioned per se
Summary
Part of the Russian empire, the cities became major textile hubs crucial for Tsarist industrial economy.[1] The cities were Red strongholds. They can be seen as socio-economic “experiments” and “islands of modernization” within largely rural societies. Since the 1980s (in case of Tampere) and the 1990s (in case of Łódź) both cities have undergone substantial social and economic transformations connected with the collapse or decline of traditional industries. This essay compares how city museums in Tampere and Łódź represent their working-class history in selective and contradictory ways. 5–21 # International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc., 2020. International Labor and Working-Class History No 98, Fall 2020, pp. The very fact that Łódź did not reproduce the urbanization and socio-economic patterns typical for “genuine” Polish cities was deeply troubling.[6]
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