Berlin - Washington, 1800-2000
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (US) |
| ISBN-13 | 9781139052412 |
| Open Library | OL21461618W |
| Total publications | 4 |
| Coverage period | 2005 - 2013 |
| Language | EN |
This 2006 collection examines the urban spaces of Berlin and Washington and provides a comparative cultural history of two eminent nation-states in the modern era. Each of the cities has assumed, at times, a mythical quality and they have been seen as collective symbols, with ambitions and contradictions that mirror the nation-states they represent. Such issues such stand in the centre of this volume. The authors ask what these two capitals have meant for the nation and explore the relations between architecture, political ideas, and social reality. Topics range from Thomas Jefferson's ideas about the new capital of the United States to the creation of the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, from nineteenth-century visitors to small-town Washington to the protesters of the 1968 student movement in West Berlin. This lively collection of essays speaks to audiences as diverse as historians, urban sociologists, architects and readers interested in cultural studies.
Berlin - Washington, 1800-2000
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Berlin - Washington, 1800–2000
This 2006 collection examines the urban spaces of Berlin and Washington and provides a comparative cultural history of two eminent nation-states in the modern era. Each of the cities has assumed, at times, a mythical quality and they have been seen as collective symbols, with ambitions and contradictions that mirror the nation-states they represent. Such issues such stand in the centre of this volume. The authors ask what these two capitals have …
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Prime Meridians, National Time, and the Symbolic Authority of Capitals in the Nineteenth Century
“Bad timing. Berlin reunifies, and now the clocks are out of control.” So ran a story in the Boston Globe in February 1993. Havoc had been created in the system that ran public clocks in Berlin when the electrical networks of East and West Berlin, each on a different frequency, were linked up. Public clocks everywhere in the reunified city were showing a different time, and with an experienced eye for the “human interest story,” the Boston Globe …
Berlin - Washington, 1800–2000
This 2006 collection examines the urban spaces of Berlin and Washington and provides a comparative cultural history of two eminent nation-states in the modern era. Each of the cities has assumed, at times, a mythical quality and they have been seen as collective symbols, with ambitions and contradictions that mirror the nation-states they represent. Such issues such stand in the centre of this volume. The authors ask what these two capitals have …
Capitals in Modern History
Our world is organized in nation-states, roughly 190 as of this writing. Almost every nation-state is represented through a capital, and most capitals are cities. These cities are embedded in diverse indigenous settings, display very different physical shapes, and have distinct domestic and international reputations. Nuku'alofa (population 22,000), capital of the South Pacific archipelago of Tonga, and Cairo (population 8.1 million) belong to thi…
Berlin - Washington, 1800-2000