Bøger af Matthew Jefferies

As Germanys gateway to the world, Hamburg is a cosmopolitan city, whose culture has been shaped by those passing through as much as by those who stayed. Matthew Jefferies explores a city-state boasting the highest per capita GDP in Germany, but where ostentatious displays of wealth are shunned; a place synonymous with fast food and beer, in which fine dining and luxury shopping abound; a city without palaces, castles or cathedrals, yet bursting with monuments and memorials. With nearly eight million visitors each year, Hamburg is fast becoming one of Europes most popular city-break destinations: it is a city well worth getting to know.

This illustrated title provides an introduction to the principal movements in German high culture between 1871 and 1918, in the context of imperial society and politics.