Capital Cities at War: Volume 2, A Cultural History
Paris, London, Berlin 1914–1919

This 2007 book is a comparative social and economic history of the capitals of Britain, France and Germany in 1914–18.

Jay Winter (Edited by), Jean-Louis Robert (Edited by)

9781107406971, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 August 2012

562 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.74 kg

'[This] rich collection of essays expands our knowledge of the Great War in exciting and interesting ways and it is good news that the new paperback makes it widely available.' Deborah Thom, Family and Community History

This is the second volume of a pioneering two-volume 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. This volume, first published in 2007, offers a 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.

Acknowledgments
Foreword: A note on authorship
1. Introduction: the practice of metropolitan life Jay Winter
Part I. Cityscapes: 2. Railway stations Adrian Gregory
3. The street Emmanuelle Cronier
4. Entertainments Jan Rüger
Part II. Civic Culture: 5. Exhibitions Stefan Goebel
6. Schools Stefan Goebel
7. Universities Liz Fordham
8. Public space, political space Jon Lawrence
Part III. Sites of Passage/Rites of Passage: 9. The home and family life Catherine Rollet
10. Hospitals Jay Winter
11. Religious sites and practices Adrian Gregory and Annette Becker
12. Cemeteries Carina Trevisan and Elise Julien
13. Conclusions Jean-Louis Robert and Jay Winter
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Cultural studies [JFC], Military history [HBW], Social & cultural history [HBTB], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], European history [HBJD]