Death in Berlin From Weimar to Divided Germany

Name: Death in Berlin From Weimar to Divided Germany
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ISBN: 9781107696310

ISBN-10: 1107696313

ISBN-13: 9781107696310

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Authors: Monica Black

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We tend to think of death as a basic and immutable fact of life. Yet death, too, has a history. Death in Berlin is the first study to trace the rituals, practices, perceptions, and sensibilities surrounding death in the context of Berlin's multiple transformations over the decades between Germany's defeat in World War I and the construction of the Berlin Wall. Evocatively illustrated and drawing on a rich collection of sources, Monica Black reveals the centrality of death to the evolving moral and social life of one metropolitan community. In doing so, she connects the intimacies of everyday life and death to events on the grand historical stage that changed the lives of millions - all in a…

Book details

List price: $40.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Death in Berlin, circa 1930



Nazi Ways of Death



Death in Everyday Life



Death and Reckoning



Death in Socialism



Death and the West


Conclusions


Bibliography


Index