ENGLISH

German Cities and Bourgeois Modernism

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2009
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6599779 bytes)
Pages
266\266
Library
mirknig.com
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-12-05 17:23:38

Description

This is a study of a distinctive brand of modernism that first emerged in late nineteenth-century Germany and remained influential throughout the inter-war years and beyond. Its supporters saw themselves as a new elite, ideally placed to tackle the many challenges facing the young and rapidly industrializing German nation-state. They defined themselves as bourgeois, and acted as self-appointed champions of a modern consciousness. Focusing on figures such as Hermann Muthesius, Fritz Schumacher, and Karl-Ernst Osthaus, and the activities of the Deutscher Werkbund and other networks of bourgeois designers, writers, and experts, this book shows how bourgeois modernism shaped the infrastructure of social and political life in early twentieth-century Germany.

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