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

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe. Contents Landscapes of commemoration -- City plans -- Unter den Linden -- From Royal Palace to Marx-Engels Square -- Wilhelmstrasse -- Stalinallee 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record 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 -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation. ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments. ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice. ARCHITECTURE -- Reference. HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern. Architecture and state City planning Communism and architecture Cultural policy Politics and government Socialist realism and architecture SUBJECT Berlin (Germany) -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century Berlin (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013353 Subject Germany -- Berlin Germany (East) Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017035711 ISBN 9781503605503 1503605507

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