Brian Ladd
Teoksen The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape tekijä
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Brian Ladd, an urban historian, is a research associate at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
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The Streets of Europe: The Sights, Sounds, and Smells That Shaped Its Great Cities (2020) 14 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1957-09-20
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Ames, Iowa, USA
- Koulutus
- Grinnell College (BA | 1979)
Yale University (MA | 1980)
Yale University (MPhil | 1982)
Yale University (PhD | 1986) - Organisaatiot
- American Historical Association
German Studies Association
Planning History Group
Urban History Association
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- #78,062
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- 4.2
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- 11
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.… (lisätietoja)