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Risen from ruins : the cultural politics of rebuilding East Berlin / Paul Stangl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stangl, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe.
- Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Socialist realism and architecture--Germany--Berlin--History.
- Socialist realism and architecture.
- Architecture and state--Germany (East).
- Architecture and state.
- Communism and architecture--Germany--Berlin--History.
- Communism and architecture.
- City planning--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- City planning.
- Berlin (Germany)--Politics and government--1945-1990.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Berlin (Germany)--Cultural policy--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (347 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- This text examines city building in East Berlin from the end of World War II on May 8, 1945, until the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 - a period of great interest in reshaping the city to express new political ideals. It examines how key decision-makers were influenced by their worldview and political ideology; beliefs about the relationship between urban form and society including formal theories; political strategizing at municipal, national, and international levels; and assessments concerning the deployment of limited resources. The work emphasizes how extant discourses acted as 'pathways of memory,' shaping the way key actors attributed meaning to different elements of the urban landscape.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Landscapes of Commemoration
- 2. City Plans
- 3. Unter den Linden
- 4. From Royal Palace to Marx-Engels Square
- 5. Wilhelmstrasse
- 6. Stalinallee
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781503605503
- 1503605507
- OCLC:
- 1198930327
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