Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914?1919: 2 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reprint, 8/30/2012
EAN 9781107406971, ISBN10: 1107406978
Paperback, 562 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Language: English
This is the second volume of a pioneering two-volume comparative history of the capital cities of Britain, France and Germany during the Great War. Leading historians explore these wartime cities, from the railway stations where newcomers took on new identities to the streets they surveyed and the pubs, cafes and theatres they frequented, and examine notions of identity, the sites and rituals of city life, and wartime civic and popular culture. This volume, first published in 2007, offers a comparative cultural history of London, Paris and Berlin and reveals the great affinities and similarities between cities on both sides of the line. It shows the transnational character of metropolitan life and the different cultural resources which the men and women of these cities drew upon during 1500 days of war. The practices of metropolitan life go well beyond national histories and this volume suggests the outlines of a fully European history of the Great War.
Acknowledgments
Foreword
A note on authorship
1. Introduction
the practice of metropolitan life Jay Winter
Part I. Cityscapes
2. Railway stations Adrian Gregory
3. The street Emmanuelle Cronier
4. Entertainments Jan Rüger
Part II. Civic Culture
5. Exhibitions Stefan Goebel
6. Schools Stefan Goebel
7. Universities Liz Fordham
8. Public space, political space Jon Lawrence
Part III. Sites of Passage/Rites of Passage
9. The home and family life Catherine Rollet
10. Hospitals Jay Winter
11. Religious sites and practices Adrian Gregory and Annette Becker
12. Cemeteries Carina Trevisan and Elise Julien
13. Conclusions Jean-Louis Robert and Jay Winter
Bibliography.