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Individuality and modernity in Berlin : self and society from Weimar to the Wall /
"Moritz Föllmer traces the history of individuality in Berlin from the late 1920s to the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961. The demand to be recognized as an individual was central to metropolitan society, as were the spectres of risk, isolation and loss of agency. This was true u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | New studies in European history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Moritz Föllmer traces the history of individuality in Berlin from the late 1920s to the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961. The demand to be recognized as an individual was central to metropolitan society, as were the spectres of risk, isolation and loss of agency. This was true under all five regimes of the period, through economic depression, war, occupation and reconstruction. The quest for individuality could put democracy under pressure, as in the Weimar years, and could be satisfied by a dictatorship, as was the case in the Third Reich. It was only in the course of the 1950s, when liberal democracy was able to offer superior opportunities for consumerism, that individuality finally claimed the mantle. Individuality and Modernity in Berlin proposes a fresh perspective on twentieth-century Berlin that will engage readers with an interest in the German metropolis as well as European urban history more broadly"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139612944 1139612948 9781139625968 1139625969 9781283943246 1283943247 9781139380973 1139380974 1139611089 9781139611084 1107237645 9781107237643 1139622242 9781139622240 1139609289 9781139609289 9781107521322 1107521327 |