The city in Central Europe : culture and society from 1800 to the present
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The city in Central Europe : culture and society from 1800 to the present
Ashgate, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index
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Description
The cities of central Europe, among them Berlin, Budapest, Hamburg, Vienna and Prague, went through a period of phenomenological growth during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Their rapid expansion and growing economic importance made their citizens aware of the need to manage the fabric and culture of the urban environment, while burgeoning nationalism and the development of local and international tourism constructed cities as showcases for national and regional identity. The essays in this volume focus on citizens' perceptions of their city and how that determined conservation and development. Competing visions of how city and nation should represent themselves were advanced by different social groups, by commercial interests and by local and national political authorities. The contributors explore the way in which various urban projects articulated a range of interests and allegiances, whether through architecture, the design of public places, the founding of educational and cultural institutions, or the rules governing the conduct of the inhabitants.
The volume is introduced by Malcolm Gee, Tim Kirk and Jill Steward who provide an historical overview which establishes a context for the exchange of ideas and competition between the cities of central Europe during this period.
Table of Contents
- A city in distress? - Paul Brocker and the new architecture of Hamburg, 1900-1918, Matthew Jeffries
- from the garden to the factory - urban visions in Czechoslovakia between the wars, Jane Pavitt
- networks and boundaries - German art centres and their satellites, 1815-1914, Robin Lenman
- the Berlin art world 1918-1933, Malcolm Gee
- cultural institutions as urban innovations -the Czech lands, Poland and the eastern Baltic, 1750-1900, Luda Klusakova
- castles, cabarets and cartoons - claims on Polishness in Krakow around 1905, David Crowley
- "Gruss aus wein" - urban tourisn in Austria-Hungary before the First World War, Jill Steward
- big city Jews, Jewish big city - the dialectics of Jewish assimilation in Vienna 1900, Steven Beller
- popular culture and politics in imperial Vienna, Tim Kirk
- making a living from disgrace, the politics of prostitution, female poverty and urban gendercodes in Budapest and Vienna, 1860-1920, Susan Zimmermann
- coping with social and economic crisis - the Viennese experience, 1929-1933, Gerhard Melinz
- Walter Ruttmann's "Berlin symphony of a city" - trafficmindedness and the city in interwar Germany, Anthony McElligott
- Wim Wenders and Berlin, Sabine Jaccaud.
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