National Monuments And Nationalism In 19th Century Germany
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National Monuments And Nationalism In 19th Century Germany
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Author : Hans A. Pohlsander
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2008
National Monuments And Nationalism In 19th Century Germany written by Hans A. Pohlsander and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
No century in modern European history has built monuments with more enthusiasm than the 19th. Of the hundreds of monuments erected, those which sprang from a nation-wide initiative and addressed themselves to a nation, rather than part of a nation, we may call national monuments. Nelson's Column in London or the Arc de Triomphe in Paris are obvious examples. In Germany the 19th century witnessed a veritable flood of monuments, many of which rank as national monuments. These reflected and contributed to a developing sense of national identity and the search for national unity; they also document an unsuccessful effort to create a «genuinely German» style. They constitute a historical record, quite apart from aesthetic appeal or ideological message. As this historical record is examined, German national monuments of the 19th century are described and interpreted against the background of the nationalism which gave birth to them.
German Monuments In The Americas
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Author : Hans A. Pohlsander
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2010
German Monuments In The Americas written by Hans A. Pohlsander and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art and society categories.
This book looks at the many transatlantic bonds which have linked and still link Germany and the United States. German immigrants to the Americas brought with them a good deal of cultural baggage. They cultivated their German heritage in their schools, churches, and clubs. They expressed pride in this heritage by erecting monuments to Goethe or Schiller, Beethoven or Wagner, Alexander von Humboldt or «Turnvater» Jahn. They claimed Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Carl Schurz, Gustave Koerner, and John A. Roebling as their own. But German-born or German-trained sculptors did not limit themselves to German subjects. They also paid tribute to America by creating sculptures of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and others who occupy a place of honor in American history. While a few German monuments can be found in Canada and in Latin America, the number of German monuments in the United States is surprisingly large. These monuments illustrate the contribution - often overlooked or ignored - of the German-American community to American society and American cultural life.
Germany S Transient Pasts
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Author : Rudy Koshar
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 1998
Germany S Transient Pasts written by Rudy Koshar and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
Germans long have venerated and maintained a variety of historical buildings--medieval fortresses, cathedrals, urban districts. But different groups have sought to use historical architecture to represent competing versions of their nation's history. This book examines the role that historic preservation has played in German cultural history and memory from the end of the 19th century to the early 1970s. 68 illustrations.
Fatherlands
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Author : Abigail Green
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-02
Fatherlands written by Abigail Green and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-02 with History categories.
Fatherlands explores the nature of identity in nineteenth-century Germany, and has crucial implications for our understanding of nationalism, German unification and the German state in the modern era. It approaches these questions from a new and important angle, that of the non national territorial state, exploring the state-building process in non-Prussian Germany. The issues covered range from railway construction and German industrialization, to the modernization of German monarchy, the emergence of a free press, the development of a modern educational system, and the role of monuments, museums and public festivities.
Nationalism Versus Cosmopolitanism In German Thought And Culture 1789 1914
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Author : Mary Anne Perkins
language : en
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Release Date : 2006
Nationalism Versus Cosmopolitanism In German Thought And Culture 1789 1914 written by Mary Anne Perkins and has been published by Edwin Mellen Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This collection of essays by scholars of international repute explores a particular polarity with 19th Century German thought: that of nationhood and European identity. Two fundamental factors are discussed: the recognition that perceptions of German nationhood have been a crucial factor with European consciousness since long before the existence of Germany as a unified state, and an acknowledgement of bitter memories of the two World Wars of the 20th century.
Collecting And Historical Consciousness In Early Nineteenth Century Germany
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Author : Susan A. Crane
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Collecting And Historical Consciousness In Early Nineteenth Century Germany written by Susan A. Crane and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with History categories.
This provocative book challenges long-held assumptions about the nature of historical consciousness in Germany. Susan A. Crane argues that the ever-more-elaborate preservation of the historical may actually reduce the likelihood that history can be experienced with the freshness and individuality characteristic of the early collectors and preservationists. Her book is both a study of the emergence in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Germany of a distinctively modern conception of historical consciousness, and a meditation on what was lost as historical thought became institutionalized and professionalized. Public forms of remembering the past which are familiar today, such as historical museums and historical preservation, have surprisingly recent origins. In Germany, caring about the past took on these distinctively new forms after the Napoleonic wars. The Brothers Grimm gathered fairy tales and documented the origins of the German language. Historical preservationists collected documents and artifacts and organized the conservation of cathedrals and other historic buildings. Collectors formed historical societies and created Germany's historical museums. No single national consciousness emerged; instead, many groups used similar means to make different claims about what it meant to have a German past.Although individuals were responsible for stimulating new interest in the past, they chose to band together in voluntary associations to promote collective awareness of German history. In doing so, however, they clashed with academic and political interests and lost control over the very artifacts, collections, and buildings they had saved from ruin. Examining the letters and publications of the amateur collectors, Crane shows how historical consciousness came to be represented in collective terms—whether regional or national—and in effect robbed everyone of the capacity to experience history individually and spontaneously.
Defining Germany
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Author : Brian E. Vick
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2002
Defining Germany written by Brian E. Vick and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
He examines debates over fundamental issues that included citizenship qualifications, minority liguistic rights, Jewish emancipation, and territorial disputes, and offers valuable insights into nineteenth-century liberal opinion on the Jewish Question, language policy, and ideas of race."--BOOK JACKET.
Steamship Nationalism
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Author : Mark A. Russell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-15
Steamship Nationalism written by Mark A. Russell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-15 with History categories.
Steamship Nationalism is a cultural, social, and political history of the S.S. Imperator, Vaterland, and Bismarck. Transatlantic passenger steamships launched by the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) between 1912 and 1914, they do not enjoy the international fame of their British counterparts, most notably the Titanic. Yet the Imperator-class liners were the largest, most luxurious passenger vessels built before the First World War. In keeping with the often-overlooked history of its merchant marine as a whole, they reveal much about Imperial Germany in its national and international dimensions. As products of business decisions shaped by global dynamics and the imperatives of international travel, immigration, and trade, HAPAG’s giant liners bear witness to Germany’s involvement in the processes of globalization prior to 1914. Yet this book focuses not on their physical, but on their cultural construction in a variety of contemporaneous media, including the press and advertising, on both sides of the Atlantic. At home, they were presented to the public as symbolic of the nation’s achievements and ambitions in ways that emphasize the complex nature of German national identity at the time. Abroad, they were often construed as floating national monuments and, as such, facilitated important encounters with Germany, both virtual and real, for the populations of Britain and America. Their overseas reception highlights the multi-faceted image of the European superpower that was constructed in the Anglo-American world in these years. More generally, it is a pointed indicator of the complex relationship between Britain, the United States, and Imperial Germany.
Travelling Notions Of Culture In Early Nineteenth Century Europe
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Author : Hannu Salmi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-23
Travelling Notions Of Culture In Early Nineteenth Century Europe written by Hannu Salmi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-23 with History categories.
The notions of culture and civilization are at the heart of European self-image. This book focuses on how space and spatiality contributed to defining the concepts of culture and civilization and, conversely, what kind of spatial ramifications "culture" and "civilization" entailed. These questions have vital importance to the understanding of this formative period of modern Europe. The chapters of this volume concentrate on the following themes: What were the sites of culture, civilization and Bildung and how were these sites employed in defining these concepts? What kind of borders did this process of definition and its inherent spatial imagination produce? What were the connecting routes between the supposed centers and peripheries? What were the strategies of envisioning, negotiating and transforming cultural territories in early nineteenth-century Europe? This book adds new perspectives on ways of approaching spatiality in history by investigating, for example: the decisive role of the French revolution, the persistent interest in classical civilization and its sites, emerging urbanism and the culture of the cities, the changing constellations between centers and peripheries and the colonial extensions, or transfigurations, of culture. It also pays attention to the spatiality of culture as a metaphor, but simultaneously emphasizes the production of space in an era of technological innovation and change.
Preservation Tourism And Nationalism
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Author : Joshua Hagen
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2006
Preservation Tourism And Nationalism written by Joshua Hagen and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Social Science categories.
By tracing Rothenburg's historical development as a place of national importance, this book examines the cultural politics of historical preservation and tourism in general. It shows how Germany, as well as the rest of Europe and North America, used roman