Germany : memories of a nation
"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...
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Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | English |
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London [u.a.] : Allen Lane,
2014
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Schlagworte: | Germany / History Geschichte Kultur Kunst Kulturraum Politik Deutsche Deutschland Kulturelle Identität |
Umfang: | XXXIX, 598 S. |
Zusammenfassung: | "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."-- 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. |
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Beschreibung: | 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" |
Beschreibung: | XXXIX, 598 S. zahlr. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
ISBN: | 0241008336 9780241008331 |