Structures Of Memory.Structures Of Memory Jennifer A. Jordan Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. Press 1450 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , CA 94304 080475277X $24.95 www.sup.org Structures Of Memory: Understanding Urban Change In Berlin And Beyond by Jennifer A. Jordan (Assistant Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) offers descriptive analysis of contemporary Berlin in terms of the changes to its urban landscape and efforts at its ceremonial and cultural preservation. Noting historical aspects of the great German city and detailing the history many of its landmark sights (including areas of public ceremonies museums, commemorative monuments, and focal points of historical interest during the era of the "Third Reich Third Reich Official designation for the Nazi Party's regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945. The name reflects Adolf Hitler's conception of his expansionist regime—which he predicted would last 1,000 years—as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman "), Structures Of Memory provides readers with a study of preserved structures directly linked with the Nazi party Nazi Party German political party of National Socialism. Founded in 1919 as the German Workers' Party, it changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers' Party when Adolf Hitler became leader (1920–21). and the underground German resistance to the Nazis, as well as providing engaging insights into enduring Berlin-based memorial sites. As a seminal and scholarly contribution to the fields of German Urban Studies and Contemporary Sociology Contemporary Sociology (CS) is an academic journal in the field of sociology, published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November) by American Sociological Association. , Structures Of Memory is very highly recommended reading and a welcome contribution to academic library reference collections. |
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