Capital Cities At War Volume 2, A Cultural History - Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919

Klappentext This 2007 book is a comparative social and economic history of the capitals of Britain, France and Germany in 1914-18. Zusammenfassung This 2007 volume tackles the comparative social and economic history of the three capital cities of Britain! France and Germany during and immediately after the First World War. It takes in notions of identity! the various sites and rituals of city life! and civic and popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Foreword: A note on authorship; 1. Introduction: the practice of metropolitan life Jay Winter; Part I. Cityscapes: 2. Railway stations Adrian Gregory; 3. The street Emmanuelle Cronier; 4. Entertainments Jan Rüger; Part II. Civic Culture: 5. Exhibitions Stefan Goebel; 6. Schools Stefan Goebel; 7. Universities Liz Fordham; 8. Public space, political space Jon Lawrence; Part III. Sites of Passage/Rites of Passage: 9. The home and family life Catherine Rollet; 10. Hospitals Jay Winter; 11. Religious sites and practices Adrian Gregory and Annette Becker; 12. Cemeteries Carina Trevisan and Elise Julien; 13. Conclusions Jean-Louis Robert and Jay Winter; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Jay Robert Winter, Jay Winter, Jay Robert Winter
• Assisted by: Jean-Louis Robert (Editor), Dr Jay Winter (Editor), Jay Winter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107406971
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40697-1
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare; Studies in the Social and Cult; Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book