Capital Cities at War Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919 - A Cultural History

Name: Capital Cities at War Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919 - A Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780521870436

ISBN-10: 0521870437

ISBN-13: 9780521870436

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jean-Louis Robert, Jay Winter, Jean-Louis Robert, Paul Kennedy, Antoine Prost

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Second volume of a two-volume pioneering comparative history of the capital cities of Britain, France, and Germany during the Great War. Leading historians explore these wartime cities, from the railway stations where newcomers took on new identities to the streets they surveyed and the pubs, cafes and theatres they frequented, and examine notions of identity, the sites and rituals of city life, and wartime civic and popular culture. The volume offers the first comparative cultural history of London, Paris and Berlin and reveals the great affinities and similarities between cities on both sides of the line. It shows the transnational character of metropolitan life and the different cultural…

Book details

List price: $144.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 568
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



List of figures


Acknowledgements


Foreword: a note on authorship



The practices of metropolitan life in wartime




Cityscapes



Railway stations: gateways and termini




The street




Entertainments




Civic culture



Exhibitions




Schools




Universities




Public space, political space




Sites of passage/rites of passage



The home and family life




Hospitals




Religious sites and practices




Cemeteries




Conclusion



Bibliography


Index