Berlin

Berlin is a party in a graveyard. It is Europe's youth capital, and its guilty war conscience. It is a disputed construction site, built on the ruins of regimes. Today's diversity - refugees, immigrants, arty expats, East and West - emerges from a history of violence. Berlin is as cutting-edge and contemporary as it is wary of its extreme past. Berlin is a comprehensive short history and portrait of the German capital today. The story of Berlin's vagaries over nine centuries - from a dry place in a bog to the control centre of modern Europe - is expertly portrayed by historian Joseph Pearson.

About the author

Joseph Pearson is a writer and cultural historian at New York University in Berlin. He is the voice of The Needle, one of Berlin’s most popular blogs, and a contributing arts writer for Newsweek in Berlin.

Summary

Berlin is a comprehensive short history and portrait of the German capital today.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Pearson, Pearson Joseph
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2017
• EAN: 9781780237190
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-719-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: CityScopes; CityScopes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travel guides > Germany; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany