The ghosts of Berlin : confronting German history in the urban landscape / Brian Ladd.

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Ladd, Brian, 1957-

Title & Author:

The ghosts of Berlin : confronting German history in the urban landscape / Brian Ladd.

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Description:

ix, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.
Berlin Walls -- Old Berlin -- Metropolis -- Nazi Berlin -- Divided Berlin -- Capital of the new Germany -- Chronology of Berlin's history.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.34 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Berlin is once again the official capital of a united Germany and, perhaps, the metaphorical capital of a new Europe. In accordance with its received status, a series of massive architectural projects has been initiated, intended to restore, reveal, and reinvent both the physical and the symbolic city of Berlin. But to build a future, one must first examine the past. And Berlin's past is particularly troubling. In this elegant and compelling work, Brian Ladd examines the.
Ongoing conflicts radiating from the remarkable fusion of architecture, history, and national identity in Berlin. How is reunified Germany confronting a divisive and authoritarian past rendered tangible by the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag, Hitler's bunker - even the Brandenburg Gate? How can the rich culture of the past, the artistic and intellectual heritage of Berlin's avant garde, be rescued from the Cold War blight of Potsdamer Platz? And can the Neue Wache, Berlin's.
Monumental remembrance of the horrors of tyranny and war, become the structural centerpiece and the symbolic guardian of this once and future capital? With keen insight and exacting scholarship, Ladd surveys the urban landscape, excavating its ruins, contemplating its buildings and memorials, and carefully deconstructing the public debates and political controversies emerging from its past. In the end, it becomes clear that the ghosts of Berlin may never, indeed should.
Never, fade away.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226467619 (alk. paper)
9780226467610 (alk. paper)
9780226467627 (pbk.)
0226467627

Subject:

City planning Germany Berlin.
Urbanization Germany Berlin History.
City and town life Germany Berlin History.
Urban ecology (Sociology) Germany Berlin.
Urbanisme Allemagne Berlin.
Urbanisation Allemagne Berlin Histoire.
Vie urbaine Allemagne Berlin Histoire.
Écologie urbaine Allemagne Berlin.
74.72 urban planning.
City and town life
City planning
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Stadscultuur.
City planning Germany.
Architecture Allemagne Berlin (Allemagne)
Architecture et histoire.
Urbanisation Aspect politique.
Écologie urbaine Allemagne Berlin (Allemagne)
Urbanisme Allemagne Berlin (Allemagne)
Germany Berlin
Berlin (Germany) City planning.
Berlin (Germany) History.
Berlin (Allemagne) 20e siècle.

Form/genre:

History
History (form)
Annotations (Provenance) 20th century. CtY-BR

Holdings:

Location: Library main 129329
Call No.: ID HT169.G32.B4127; ID:97-B1843
Status: Available

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