In Topographies of Class, Sabine Hake explores why Weimar Berlin has had such a powerful hold on the urban imagination. Approaching Weimar architectural culture from the perspective of mass discourse and class analysis, Hake examines the way in which architectural projects; deba…
This book explores the question of why Weimar Berlin has such a powerful hold on the urban imagination. It examines the way in which architectural projects, debates, and representations in literature, photography, and film played a key role in establishing the terms under which …
"The extraordinary story of our modern material world, from Renaissance Italy and late Ming China to today's global economy. A masterpiece of research and storytelling many years in the making, [this work] recounts the epic history of the goods that have seduced, enriched, and u…