Companion Guide to Berlin

Name: Companion Guide to Berlin
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ISBN: 9781900639286

ISBN-10: 1900639289

ISBN-13: 9781900639286

Edition: 2004

Authors: Brian Ladd

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Most people do not think of Berlin as a beautiful city, but it is filled with stunning sights, sounds and textures, all the more astonishing when the stories behind them are revealed. Today's Berlin is new and vibrant, but history has left its scars. A look in the right place is rewarded with glimpses of the glories of old Prussia as well as the abominations of Hitler's Third Reich and of the outer bulwark of the Soviet empire. Brian Ladd, a historian who has been returning to Berlin for twenty-five years, pays homage to the familiar landmarks, but he also penetrates into obscure corners of the city and brings them alive with his shrewd and informed comment. He explains what the sights of…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date: 6/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 514
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.46" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Acknowledgements


Overview Map


Orientation



Center



Unter den Linden and the Museum Island



Alexanderplatz and the Old Town



The Reichstag



Friedrichstrasse and the Newspaper Quarter



Wilhelmstrasse: from Bismarck to Hitler



Potsdamer Platz and the Kulturforum



North of the Center



Spandauer Vorstadt



Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt



Borderlands



Prenzlauer Berg



The Industrial North: Moabit, Wedding, and Beyond



The West



Around the Zoo



The Tiergarten



Kurfurstendamm



Charlottenburg



The Far West



The Southwest: Lakes and Villas



The East and South



Stalinallee



Luisenstadt and the Kreuzberg Mixture



From the Jewish Museum to Tempelhof



Schoneberg



The Communist East



Potsdam



Potsdam: The Old Town



Sanssouci Park



Between Potsdam and Berlin: Waterfront Palaces


Appendices


Museum Information


Further Reading


Index