Ghosts of Berlin Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape

Name: Ghosts of Berlin Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape
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ISBN: 9780226467627

ISBN-10: 0226467627

ISBN-13: 9780226467627

Edition: 1998

Authors: Brian Ladd

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In this compelling work, Brian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the remarkable fusion of architecture, history, and national identity in Berlin. Ladd surveys the urban landscape, excavating its ruins, contemplating its buildings and memorials, and carefully deconstructing the public debates and political controversies emerging from its past. "Written in a clear and elegant style, The Ghosts of Berlin is not just another colorless architectural history of the German capital. . . . Mr. Ladd's book is a superb guide to this process of urban self-definition, both past and present."--Katharina Thote, Wall Street Journal "If a book can have the power to change a public…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 282
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Berlin Walls



Old Berlin



Metropolis



Nazi Berlin



Divided Berlin



Capital of the New Germany Chronology of Berlin's


History


Notes


Bibliography


Index