Format:
XXXIX, 598 S.
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
0241008336
,
9780241008331
Content:
"German history may be inherently fragmented, but it contains a large number of widely shared memories, awarenesses and experiences; examining some of these is the purpose of this book. Beginning with the fifteenth-century invention of modern printing by Gutenberg, MacGregor chooses objects and ideas, people and places which still resonate in the new Germany - porcelain from Dresden and rubble from its ruins, Bauhaus design and the German sausage, the crown of Charlemagne and the gates of Buchenwald - to show us something of its collective imagination. There has never been a book about Germany quite like it."--
Content:
German history may be inherently fragmented, but it contains a large number of widely shared memories, awarenesses and experiences; examining some of these is the purpose of this book. Beginning with the fifteenth-century invention of modern printing by Gutenberg, MacGregor chooses objects and ideas, people and places which still resonate in the new Germany - porcelain from Dresden and rubble from its ruins, Bauhaus design and the German sausage, the crown of Charlemagne and the gates of Buchenwald - to show us something of its collective imagination. There has never been a book about Germany quite like it.
Note:
Accompanies the BBC Radio 4 series
,
"A hardback title published to accompany the exhibition Germany: memories of a nation, written by the director of the British Museum - Neil MacGregor"
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
German Studies
Keywords:
Deutschland
;
Geschichte
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Kultur
URL:
http://www.penguin.co.uk/books/germany/9780241008331/
Author information:
MacGregor, Neil 1946-
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