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Metropolis Berlin: 1880–1940
Boyd Whyte, Iain, An
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Hardback. Details the construction of Berlin, and explores homes and workplaces, circulation, commerce, and leisure in the German metropolis as seen through the eyes of all social classes, from the humblest inhabitants of the city slums, to the great visionaries of the modern city, and the demented dictator resolved to remodel Berlin as Germania. Editor(s): Whyte, Iain Boyd; Frisby, David. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 632 pages, 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1002. 1880-1940. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. 632 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Editor(s): Whyte, Iain Boyd; Frisby, David. Details the construction of Berlin, and explores homes and workplaces, circulation, commerce, and leisure in the German metropolis as seen through the eyes of all social classes, from the humblest inhabitants of the city slums, to the great visionaries of the modern city, and the demented dictator resolved to remodel Berlin as Germania. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; RPC. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 45. Weight: 1002.
"Metropolis Berlin: 1880-1940" reconstitutes the built environment of Berlin during the period of its classical modernity using over two hundred contemporary texts, virtually all of which are published in English translation for the first time. They are from the pens of those who created Berlin as one of the world's great cities and those who observed this process: architects, city planners, sociologists, political theorists, historians, cultural critics, novelists, essayists, and journalists. Divided into nineteen sections, each prefaced by an introductory essay, the account unfolds chronologically, with the particular structural concerns of the moment addressed in sequence - be they department ... Read more
"Metropolis Berlin: 1880-1940" reconstitutes the built environment of Berlin during the period of its classical modernity using over two hundred contemporary texts, virtually all of which are published in English translation for the first time. They are from the pens of those who created Berlin as one of the world's great cities and those who observed this process: architects, city planners, sociologists, political theorists, historians, cultural critics, novelists, essayists, and journalists. Divided into nineteen sections, each prefaced by an introductory essay, the account unfolds chronologically, with the particular structural concerns of the moment addressed in sequence - be they department ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
Series
Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520270374
SKU
V9780520270374
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About Boyd Whyte, Iain, An
Iain Boyd Whyte is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh and author of Manmade Future (Routledge, 2007). David Frisby was Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and author of Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations (Cambridge, 2001).
Reviews for Metropolis Berlin: 1880–1940
"Rich and engrossing... Berlin's transformation takes place vividly before our eyes."
Andrew Mead The Architectural Review "An invaluable storehouse of material... Astonishing in its range."
Ritchie Robertson Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Rich and engrossing... Berlin's transformation takes place vividly before our eyes."
Andrew Mead The Architectural Review
Andrew Mead The Architectural Review "An invaluable storehouse of material... Astonishing in its range."
Ritchie Robertson Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Rich and engrossing... Berlin's transformation takes place vividly before our eyes."
Andrew Mead The Architectural Review