The Defortification of the German City, 1689-1866 /

"This book tells the story of German cities' metamorphoses from walled to defortified places between 1689 and 1866"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mintzker, Yair (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Cambridge : GERMAN HISTORICAL Institute ; CAMBRIDGE University Press, 2012.
Colección:Publications of the German Historical Institute.
Temas:
1700-1899
City walls > Germany > History > 18th century.
City walls > Germany > History > 19th century.
Fortification > Germany > History > 18th century.
Fortification > Germany > History > 19th century.
Fortifications > Allemagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Fortifications > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
City walls.
Fortification.
Befestigung
Stadsmurar > historia.
Fästningar > historia.
Tyskland.
Germany.
Deutschland
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book tells the story of German cities' metamorphoses from walled to defortified places between 1689 and 1866"--
"Throughout its long history, the German city was always a dynamic organism. It continuously changed in size and appearance, and its economic and political relationships with the outer world were often in flux. The defortification of the German city in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was a significant moment in the city's history. It signaled a fundamental transformation of the urban environment on three interrelated levels: the level of the city's defense against military intervention from the outside; the level of public security and police within the city; and the symbolic level of the way both locals and foreigners imagined the urban community"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 285 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index.
ISBN:1139162160
9781139162166
9781316047965
1316047962

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