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Chargement... Faust's Metropolis: A History of Berlin (1998)par Alexandra Richie
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I have only become interested in German history recently. I have read another book about the history of Berlin, [b:Berlin|784885|Berlin|David Clay Large|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348516982s/784885.jpg|770885] and so was already familiar with Berlin's history. This book went further, starting in the Middle Ages, when Berlin was founded. The chapters I most enjoyed were about the First World War, the Golden Twenties, and the Nazis. I also enjoyed the chapters about the Second World War, the Battle of Berlin, and the Cold War. I was disappointed that the book ended before Berlin became Germany's capital again. After reading this book, I intend to read more about German history, especially about the aftermath of the Second World War and how Germany (West Germany in particular) picked itself up and became a successful democracy for the first time in its long history. Pretty good. Maybe a little too much of the Nazi era of 1933 to 1945; that ground has been covered elsewhere, i.e. the pieces that aren't directly related to Berlin. The addendum gets a little preachy for my taste. Also, you'd think Helmut Kohl was a genius. It is revealed that either the author's father-in-law or husband was a friend of Kohl's (mostly likely the former). Having lived in Berlin for a season (thankfully, that season was summer!), I disagreed on some of her observations on Berliners (see, all my in-laws are Berliners and almost all of my wife's friends...). aucune critique | ajouter une critique
'Beautifully conceived and marvellously researched. I haven't read a better book on Berlin.' Gordon A. Craig In Berlin, history is tangible. The sense of the past - of Europe, of Germany, and of the 20th-century's myths, depravities, idealism and horror - hangs in the air around the old Hinterhofs and deserted railway stations. No other city has played such a part in the tides of 20th-century European affairs. 'Faust's Metropolis' follows the rich and inspiring history of this city: from the revolutionary fervour of its teeming slums, the insufferable pomp of Imperial Berlin, and the frantic modernism of Weimar to the brutality of the Nazis and the symbolic defeat of Communism as the Wall came down. Writing superbly of Berlin's role as a crucible of change, Alexandra Richie reveals herself as an extraordinary new talent. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)943.155History and Geography Europe Germany and central Europe Northeastern Germany Brandenburg and Berlin BerlinClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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I've just finished read Die Stadt by Hermann Hesse. The origins of his fictional city are close to Berlin's. ( )