Remaking Berlin: A History of the City Through Infrastructure, 1920-2020 0262539772, 9780262539777

In Remaking Berlin, Timothy Moss takes a novel perspective on Berlin's turbulent twentieth-century history, examini

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Remaking Berlin: A History of the City Through Infrastructure, 1920-2020
0262539772, 9780262539777

In the twenty-first century, infrastructure has undergone a seismic shift from West to East. Once concentrated in Europe

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Telling the story of its people and its rulers, from its medieval origins up to the present day, Berlin is a fascinating

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