| The Defortification of the German City, 1689-1866 Contributor(s): Mintzker, Yair (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139162160 ISBN-13: 9781139162166 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 623 |
| Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute |
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| Publisher Description: In the early modern period, all German cities were fortified places. Because contemporary jurists have defined "city" as a coherent social body in a protected place, the urban environment had to be physically separate from the surrounding countryside. This separation was crucial to guaranteeing the city's commercial, political, and legal privileges. Fortifications were therefore essential for any settlement to be termed a city. This book tells the story of German cities' metamorphoses from walled to defortified places between 1689 and 1866. Using a wealth of original sources, The Defortification of the German City, 1689-1866 discusses one of the most significant moments in the emergence of the modern city: the dramatic and often traumatic demolition of the city's centuries-old fortifications and the creation the open city. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mintzker, Yair: - Yair Mintzker is Assistant Professor of European History at Princeton University. His PhD dissertation won the Elizabeth Spilman Rosenfield Prize of Stanford's Department of History in 2009 and the Friends of the German Historical Institute's Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize in 2010. His articles have been published in History of European Ideas and Reflexions historiques. |
