Politics and culture in Wilhelmine Germany : the case of industrial architecture / Matthew Jefferies.

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Jefferies, Matthew.

Title & Author:

Politics and culture in Wilhelmine Germany : the case of industrial architecture / Matthew Jefferies.

Publication:

Oxford ; Washington, D.C., USA : Berg Publishers, 1995.

Description:

xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-312) and index.
1. The Rise and Fall of Historicist Industrial Architecture in Germany -- 2. Back to the Future? The Heimatschutz Movement in Wilhelmine Germany -- 3. 'From Sofa Cushions to Town Planning': The German Werkbund -- 4. Friedrich Naumann and the 'Heilbronn Connection': The Politics of the Werkbund -- 5. German Industry and the 'Quality Workplace': Company Responses to the New Industrial Architecture -- 6. Inside the 'Quality Workplace': The Werkbund and the Workers -- 7. Industrial Architecture and Municipal Politics: The Experience of a Single Town.

Summary:

Explores the relationship between politics and culture in turn-of-the-century Germany through the unusual medium of industrial architecture, which for a time brought together the disparate worlds of politics, art and commerce.

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ISBN:

0854969454
9780854969456

Subject:

Deutscher Werkbund
BMBF-Statusseminar
Architecture, Industrial Germany History 19th century.
Architecture, Industrial Germany History 20th century.
Architecture and state Germany.
Architecture and state
Architecture industrielle Allemagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture industrielle Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Allemagne.
History (Europe)
Architecture, Industrial.
Arbeitsplatz
Geschichte
Industriebau
Kultur
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Fabrieken.
Architecture industrielle Allemagne 1789-1900.
Architecture industrielle Allemagne Histoire 1870-1914.
Germany
Deutschland
Industrial buildings History

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86056
Call No.: ID NA6403.G3 J4; ID:95-B3893
Status: Available

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