In a Cold Crater - Cultural and Intellectual Life in Berlin, 1945-1948

"The author—one of the most original cultural historians currently writing—provides a very rich account of the refounding of cultural life in the public sphere of postwar Berlin, at first amidst the ruins, and then with the Cold War-induced division of the city. . . . It's a fine combination of concreteness and imagination, and a lot of fun to read."—Geoff Eley, author of Society, Culture, and the State in Germany, 1870-1930

About the author

Wolfgang Schivelbusch is an independent scholar who divides his time between New York and Berlin. His books include The Railway Journey (California paperback, 1986), Disenchanted Night (California, 1988), and Tastes of Paradise (1992). Kelly Barry is a scholar and translator living in Baltimore.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Schivelbusch Wolfgang
• Assisted by: Kelly Barry (Translation), Barry Kelly (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2024
• EAN: 9780520414587
• ISBN: 978-0-520-41458-7
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism; Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, c 1950 to c 1959, C 1945 To C 1960