German cities and bourgeois modernism, 1890-1924 /

This book is a study of the distinctive brand of modernism that emerged in late 19th century Germany, illustrating through a series of analyses of key buildings and urban spaces how bourgeois modernism shaped the infrastructure of social and political life in the early twentieth century and transfor...

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Main Author: Umbach, Maiken
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book is a study of the distinctive brand of modernism that emerged in late 19th century Germany, illustrating through a series of analyses of key buildings and urban spaces how bourgeois modernism shaped the infrastructure of social and political life in the early twentieth century and transformed German cities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-245) and index.
ISBN:9780191570896
0191570893
9780191721564
0191721565