Capital cities at war : Paris, London, Berlin, 1914-1919 / Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, J. M.

Contributor:

Robert, Jean-Louis.

Series:

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--France--Paris.

World War, 1914-1918--England--London.

World War, 1914-1918--Germany--Berlin.

Paris (France)--History.

London (England)--History.

Berlin (Germany)--History.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997-2007.

Summary:

Second volume of a two-volume pioneering comparative history of the capital cities of Britain, France and Germany during the Great War. Leading historians explore these wartime cities, from the railway stations where newcomers took on new identities to the streets they surveyed and the pubs, cafes and theatres they frequented, and examine notions of identity, the sites and the rituals of city life, and wartime civic and popular culture. The volume offers the first comparative cultural history of London, Paris and Berlin and reveals the great affinities and similarities between cities on both sides of the line. It shows the transnational character of metropolitan life and the different cultural resources which the men and women of these cities drew upon during 1,500 days of war. The practices of metropolitan life go well beyond national histories and this volume suggests the outlines of a fully European history of the Great War.

Contents:

[v. 1. no specific title]

v. 2. A cultural history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0521571715

OCLC:

34194140