Berlin / Mary Fulbrook (University College London).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fulbrook, Mary, 1951- author.

Series:

Ten Moments that Shaped

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berlin (Germany)--History.

Berlin (Germany).

Physical Description:

xxvii, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Ten moments that shaped Berlin

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Now capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin rose from insignificant origins on swampy soil, becoming a city of immigrants over the ages. Through a series of ten vignettes, Mary Fulbrook discusses the periods and regimes that shaped its character - whether Prussian militarism; courtly culture and enlightenment; rapid industrialisation and expansion; ambitious imperialism; experiments with democracy; or repressive dictatorships of both right and left, dramatically evidenced in the violence of World War and genocide, and then in the Wall dividing Cold War Berlin. This book also presents Berlin's distinctive history as firmly rooted in specific places and sites. Statues and memorials have been erected and demolished, plaques displayed and displaced, and streets named and renamed in recurrent cycles of suppression or resurrection of heroes and remembrance of victims. This vivid and engaging introduction thus reveals Berlin's startling transformations and contested legacies through ten moments from critical points in its multi-layered history." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Foundational moments

Courtly residence

Absolutism and enlightenment

Emerging powerhouse : from Napoleon to unification

World city : imperial Berlin

Greater Berlin : the Weimar era

Nazi Berlin : performance, persecution, and destruction

Double visions (1) : divided Berlin from the War to the wall

Double visions (2) : divided Berlin from the wall to reunification

Re-connection : united Berlin since 1990

Epilogue. Forever changing, yet always Berlin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Fullbrook, Mary. Berlin.

ISBN:

100916094X

9781009160940

1009160931

9781009160933

OCLC:

1452731696