Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914–1919

by Edited by Jay Winter , Jean-Louis Robert

• ISBN13: 9780521870436
• ISBN10: 0521870437
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-22
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Second volume of a two-volume pioneering 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. The volume offers the first 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 different cultural resources which the men and women of these cities drew upon during 1500 days of war. The practices of metropolitan life go well beyond national histories and this volume suggests the outlines of a fully European history of the Great War.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Foreword: a note on authorship	p. xi
The practices of metropolitan life in wartime	p. 1
Cityscapes	p. 21
Railway stations: gateways and termini	p. 23
The street	p. 57
Entertainments	p. 105
Civic culture	p. 141
Exhibitions	p. 143
Schools	p. 188
Universities	p. 235
Public space, political space	p. 280
Sites of passage/rites of passage	p. 313
The home and family life	p. 315
Hospitals	p. 354
Religious sites and practices	p. 383
Cemeteries	p. 428
Conclusion	p. 468
Bibliography	p. 482
Index	p. 528
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