Поглед към градското всекидневие в България, 1878-1939

The paper deals with urban life in Bulgaria from Liberation 1878 until 1939. Various aspects are presented such as social life and social circles, public spaces and forms of entertainment, fashion, new articles of consumption, the introduction of technical devices (cinema, automobiles, etc.). The changes of urban planning and architecture pointed toward de-orientalization and modernization. Some features of the inter-war period are traced down. The materials used come from various sources: statistics, town archives, memoirs, etc.