Memory Culture and the Contemporary City: Building Sites

By Uta Staiger, Andrew Webber, Henriette Steiner

Book Overview

These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230576656
• ISBN13: 9780230576650
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"