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The defortification of the German City, 1689-1866
- Title
- The defortification of the German City, 1689-1866 / Yair Mintzker, Princeton University.
- Author
- Mintzker, Yair.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-1977 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 285 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book tells the story of German cities' metamorphoses from walled to defortified places between 1689 and 1866"--
- "Throughout its long history, the German city was always a dynamic organism. It continuously changed in size and appearance, and its economic and political relationships with the outer world were often in flux. The defortification of the German city in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was a significant moment in the city's history. It signaled a fundamental transformation of the urban environment on three interrelated levels: the level of the city's defense against military intervention from the outside; the level of public security and police within the city; and the symbolic level of the way both locals and foreigners imagined the urban community"--
- Series Statement
- Publications of the German Historical Institute
- Uniform Title
- Publications of the German Historical Institute.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. Beginnings, 1689-1789: 1. The city and its walls; 2. The French model and the German case, 1689-1789; Part II. A Perfect Storm, 1791-1815: 3. The great defortification surge, 1791-1815; 4. The road to Lunéville, 1791-1801; 5. Collapse, 1801-1815; Part III. After the Deluge, 1815-1866: 6. Restoration's boundaries: fortress, hometown, metropolis, 1815-1848; 7. A modern city, 1848-1866.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-1977
- ISBN
- 9781107024038 (hardback)
- 110702403X (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2012000071
- OCLC
- 772528269
- Author
- Mintzker, Yair.
- Title
- The defortification of the German City, 1689-1866 / Yair Mintzker, Princeton University.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Publications of the German Historical InstitutePublications of the German Historical Institute.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1700 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-1977