Preface . . VII
INTRODUCTION . . XI

I. LATE MODERN SOCIAL LIFE: THE DISTRICT AS A LABORATORY . . 1
1. Society as the object of change . . 3
2. Between locality and globality: "local society"? . . 5
3. The city as a social space . . 8
4. Social space as a natural and cultural area . . 8
5. The district as a laboratory . . 11

II. THE REVITALIZATION OF URBAN SPACE AS A PROCESS OF SOCIAL CHANGE . . 19
1. Revitalization: meanings, contexts, uses . . 19
2. The model of revitalization of urban space . . 21
3. Characteristics of research on the revitalization of urban space . . 27

III. KAZIMIERZ AND THE TICINESE: ENCLAVES IN METROPOLISES . . 31
1. The metropolitan contexts of Kazimierz and the Ticinese district of Milan . . 31
2. Physical characteristics of urban space . . 33
3. Kazimierz and Ticinese in the city administrative structures . . 38

IV. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THE (SELF) DEVELOPMENT OF IDENTITY . . 47
1. Kazimierz . . 47
2. Ticmese . . 53

V. THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL FRAMEWORK . . 65
1. Kazimierz and the Ticincse as natural and cultural areas . . 65
2. From crisis to new vitality . . 70

VI. CHANGES IN PHYSICAL SPACE . . 75
1. Kazimierz . . 75
2. Ticinese . . 83
3. Summary . . 88

VII. SOCIAL CHANGES: "REWRITING HISTORY" . . 91
1. The transformation of district resident and user profiles . . 92
2. Different and changeable activity patterns . . 105
3. Social relations: dialectics of perspectives and definition of situation . . 124

CONCLUSION . . 167
NOTES . . 175
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 189
RIASSUNTO (ITALIAN SUMMARY) . . 195
STRESZCZENIE (POLISH SUMMARY) . . 203

Illustrations

MAPS  
Milano and Ticinese . . XVIII
Krakow and Kazimierz . . XIX
Kazimierz . . XX

FIGURES
1-14 . . 12-18
15-26 . . 41-46
27-34 . . 59-63