The stories old towns tell
| Titel: | The stories old towns tell : a journey through cities at the heart of Europe / Marek Kohn |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023 London : Yale University Press, 2023 |
| Umfang: | x, 329 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 9780300267846 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- List of Illustrations
- ix
- Map
- xi
- Introduction: Seven Symbolic Quarters
- 1
- Warsaw
- 1
- Market to Monument
- 15
- 2
- Soldier-Architects
- 20
- 3
- Go to the Forests, or Get to Work
- 43
- 4
- A Brigade of Goldsmiths
- 58
- 5
- The Whole Nation Is Building Its Capital City
- 72
- 6
- The Stones Speak Polish
- 94
- 7
- We Will Come to Believe in It Ourselves
- 101
- Würzburg
- 8
- Christmas Trees in Lent
- 113
- 9
- The U-Boat Cathedral Roof
- 132
- Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber
- 10
- A Wall Round the Whole Place
- 141
- 11
- Half-Timber Angst
- 156
- Vilnius
- 12
- What the Iron Wolf Meant
- 169
- 13
- Wilno, Vilna, Vilne, Vilnius
- 179
- Middle Europe
- 14
- Stumbling Stories
- 201
- Lublin
- 15
- We Patiently Explain
- 217
- Prague
- 16
- If the Twentieth Century Had Not Happened
- 247
- Frankfurt Am Main
- 17
- The New Old Town
- 261
- Middle Europe
- 18
- What Stones They Could Tell
- 277
- Acknowledgements
- 284
- Notes
- 286
- Bibliography
- 307
- Index
- 322
