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Author Jerram, Leif, author.

Title Germany's other modernity : Munich and the making of metropolis, 1895-1930 / Leif Jerram.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Originally published 2007.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Germany's other modernity: Munich and the making of metropolis, 1895-1930; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Großstadtangst: disorder and discomfort in the metropolis; 2. Großstadtfreude: joy in the metropolis; 3. The interior world of modernity; 4. The production of space and the execution of social policy; Conclusion: Germany, space and modernity; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book is about what it meant to build a city in Germany at the turn of the twentieth century. It explores the physical spaces and mental attitudes that conditioned beliefs about the past and expectations for the future in the crucial German generations that shaped the young Reich, fought the Great War, and experienced the Weimar Republic.
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Subject City planning -- Germany -- Munich -- History -- 20th century.
City planning.
Germany -- Munich.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject City planning -- Germany -- Munich -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Architecture -- Germany -- Munich.
Architecture.
Architecture and society -- Germany -- Munich.
Architecture and society.
Architecture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Germany.
Architecture -- Germany -- 19th century.
Urbanization -- Germany -- Munich.
Urbanization.
Munich (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Editions: Electronic reproduction (manifestation): Jerram, Leif. Germany's other modernity. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007. vi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm (OCoLC)214304181
Other Form: Print version: Jerram, Leif. Germany's Other Modernity : Munich and the Making of Metropolis, 1895-1930. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2018
ISBN 9781526130297 (electronic book)
1526130297 (electronic book)