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