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S'està carregant… The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscapede Brian Ladd
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Wow - a book about city planning deserves five stars. It also deserves to be read by lots of people because It discusses a fascinating topic. How should Berlin preserve its past while not doing honor to the many terrible things that happened in its history? It describes the debate that took place on how streets should be names or renamed and how buildings should or should not be preserved. The people of Berlin deserve praise for the choices they made. I picked up the book spontaneously at the end of a tourist trip to Berlin and was totally impressed. It describes the challenges faced after WWII and the fall of the wall in a way that can be understood by non-Berliners with limited familiarity with the city. It provides a lesson to anyone in any city interested in historical preservation. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
In the twenty years since its original publication, The Ghosts of Berlin has become a classic, an unparalleled guide to understanding the presence of history in our built environment, especially in a space as historically contested--and emotionally fraught--as Berlin. Brian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the remarkable fusion of architecture, history, and national identity in Berlin. Returning to the city frequently, Ladd continues to survey the urban landscape, traversing its ruins, contemplating its buildings and memorials, and carefully deconstructing the public debates and political controversies emerging from its past. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Also excellent was the way the author explained the controversies related to the decisions by successive governments on what to keep, what to tear down, what to replace and how - and believe me, everything was a controversy. And rightly so. A monument to communism looks like a monument to oppression in the eyes of a West Berliner, but a decision to remove a monument to communism says to East Berliners that their personal history is of no value.
I've used this book a few times to take N to interesting places and then read the related snippets aloud, and it's been a successful form of low-key walking tour. ( )