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Berlin under the New Empire: Volume 2: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements
In the wake of German unification in 1871, Berlin became a place of increased interest to the other nations of Europe. The journalist Henry Vizetelly (1820–94) made his first journey to the capital of the new empire in 1872. Based on observations from a series of visits, this two-volume work presents a witty and detailed portrait of the city and its inhabitants. The topics covered in Volume 2 include the Prussian Landtag, the Reichstag, Berlin's places of education, its palaces, churches and museums, and its restaurants, cafés and beer gardens. Chapters on theatre, music, satire and socialism give a vivid sense of the cultural and political zeitgeist. Illustrated with hundreds of engravings from designs by German artists, the work first appeared in 1879. Vizetelly's Paris in Peril (1882) and Glances Back through Seventy Years (1893) are also reissued in this series.
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Berlin under the New Empire: Volume 2: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements
In the wake of German unification in 1871, Berlin became a place of increased interest to the other nations of Europe. The journalist Henry Vizetelly (1820–94) made his first journey to the capital of the new empire in 1872. Based on observations from a series of visits, this two-volume work presents a witty and detailed portrait of the city and its inhabitants. The topics covered in Volume 2 include the Prussian Landtag, the Reichstag, Berlin's places of education, its palaces, churches and museums, and its restaurants, cafés and beer gardens. Chapters on theatre, music, satire and socialism give a vivid sense of the cultural and political zeitgeist. Illustrated with hundreds of engravings from designs by German artists, the work first appeared in 1879. Vizetelly's Paris in Peril (1882) and Glances Back through Seventy Years (1893) are also reissued in this series.
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Berlin under the New Empire: Volume 2: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements

Berlin under the New Empire: Volume 2: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements

by Henry Vizetelly
Berlin under the New Empire: Volume 2: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements

Berlin under the New Empire: Volume 2: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements

by Henry Vizetelly

Overview

In the wake of German unification in 1871, Berlin became a place of increased interest to the other nations of Europe. The journalist Henry Vizetelly (1820–94) made his first journey to the capital of the new empire in 1872. Based on observations from a series of visits, this two-volume work presents a witty and detailed portrait of the city and its inhabitants. The topics covered in Volume 2 include the Prussian Landtag, the Reichstag, Berlin's places of education, its palaces, churches and museums, and its restaurants, cafés and beer gardens. Chapters on theatre, music, satire and socialism give a vivid sense of the cultural and political zeitgeist. Illustrated with hundreds of engravings from designs by German artists, the work first appeared in 1879. Vizetelly's Paris in Peril (1882) and Glances Back through Seventy Years (1893) are also reissued in this series.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108064903
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 09/05/2013
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - European History
Pages: 504
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.14(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Prussian Landtag; 2. The Reichstag; 3. Berlin elementary and middle schools; 4. Berlin higher schools; 5. Berlin universities; 6. Berlin students; 7. Berlin scepticism; 8. The Schloss, imperial palaces, museums, and churches; 9. The Rathaus and the Stadtrath; 10. The Berlin Börse; 11. The financial crash; 12. The commerce and industry of Berlin; 13. Berlin theatres; 14. Music at Berlin; 15. Cafés-chantants and Tanz-Saele; 16. Restaurations; 17. Bier-Lokalen and Bier-Gärten; 18. Wein-Stuben, Conditoreien, and Delicatessen-Keller; 19. Berlin markets; 20. Berlin vehicles; 21. The Berlin Feuerwehr; 22. Berlin newspaper; 23. Satire at Berlin; 24. German socialism; Appendix.
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