Risen from ruins : the cultural politics of rebuilding East Berlin /

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Author / Creator:	Stangl, Paul, author.
Imprint:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018] ©2018
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe.
Subject:	City planning -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century. Socialist realism and architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History. Communism and architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History. Architecture and state -- Germany (East) Architecture and state. City planning. Communism and architecture. Cultural policy. Politics and government. Socialist realism and architecture. Berlin (Germany) -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century. Berlin (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990. Germany -- Berlin. Germany (East) Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12017828

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ISBN:	9781503605503 1503605507 9781503603202 1503603202
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This text examines city building in East Berlin from the end of World War II on May 8, 1945, until the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 - a period of great interest in reshaping the city to express new political ideals. It examines how key decision-makers were influenced by their worldview and political ideology; beliefs about the relationship between urban form and society including formal theories; political strategizing at municipal, national, and international levels; and assessments concerning the deployment of limited resources. The work emphasizes how extant discourses acted as 'pathways of memory, ' shaping the way key actors attributed meaning to different elements of the urban landscape.
Other form:	Print version: Stangl, Paul. Risen from ruins 9781503603202

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