Germany's other modernity : Munich and the building of metropolis, 1895-1930 / Leif Jerram.

Main entry:

Jerram, Leif.

Title & Author:

Germany's other modernity : Munich and the building of metropolis, 1895-1930 / Leif Jerram.

Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Description:

vi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Grossstadtangst: disorder and discomfort in the metropolis -- 2. Grossstadtfreude: joy in the metropolis -- 3. The interior world of modernity -- 4. The produciton of space and the execution of social policy -- Conclusion: Germany, space and modernity.

Summary:

This book is about what it meant to build a city in Germany at the turn of the 20th century. It explores the physical spaces & mental attitudes that shaped lives, restructured society, & conditioned beliefs about the past & expectations for the future in the crucial German generations that formed the young Reich, & fought the Great War.

ISBN:

9780719076077 (hbk.)
0719076072 (hbk.)

Subject:

City planning Germany Munich History 20th century.
City planning Germany Munich History 19th century.
Architecture Germany Munich.
Architecture and society Germany Munich.
Architecture Germany History 20th century.
Architecture Germany History 19th century.
Urbanization Germany Munich.
Architecture Allemagne Munich.
Architecture et société Allemagne Munich.
Urbanisation Allemagne Munich.
Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Buildings.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Munich (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Germany.
Germany Munich.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263822
Call No.: BIB 195118
Status: Available

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