Building Culture - Ernst May and the New Frankfurt am Main Initiative, 1926-1931 (Hardcover, New edition)

This book is a history of the initiative, its projects and actors, notably the architect and planner Ernst May, and its achievements, set within the turbulent context of the Weimar decade. It chronicles its many accomplishments: the construction of housing settlements, innovations in construction and materials, the parks and garden colonies program, innovations in school, medical facility and church design, reforms in woman's sphere, and a crafting of New Life culture. It examines the New Frankfurt am Main in light of the social and political debates that shaped it and the works it produced, and describes the relationship of work and theory to contemporary reform movements. Finally, the narrative underscores the gulf between the idyll of modernity and the political and social realities of life in a Germany on the brink of collapse.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Modern European History, 64
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Susan R Henderson
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	591
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0587-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-0587-X
Barcode:	9781433105876

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