Capital Cities at War: Volume 2, A Cultural History by Jay Wi... - 9780521870436

Capital Cities at War: Volume 2, A Cultural HistoryParis, London, Berlin 19141919\nAuthor(s): Jay Winter, Jean-Louis Robert\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521870436, 978-0521870436\nSynopsis\nThis is the second volume of a pioneering two-volume comparative history of the capital cities of Britain, France and Germany during the Great War. Leading historians explore these wartime cities, from the railway stations where newcomers took on new identities to the streets they surveyed and the pubs, cafes and theatres they frequented, and examine notions of identity, the sites and rituals of city life, and wartime civic and popular culture. This volume, first published in 2007, offers a comparative cultural history of London, Paris and Berlin and reveals the great affinities and similarities between cities on both sides of the line. It shows the transnational character of metropolitan life and the di.