Memory culture and the contemporary city : building sites /

Memory culture and the contemporary city : building sites /

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Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description:	xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Memorials -- Germany -- Berlin -- Case studies. Cities and towns -- Case studies. Cities and towns. Memorials. Germany -- Berlin. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7913763

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Other authors / contributors:	Staiger, Uta, 1976- Steiner, Henriette, 1980- Webber, Andrew, 1959-
ISBN:	9780230576650 (hardback) 0230576656 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York.
Physical Description:	xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780230576650 0230576656