Download or read book German Cities and Bourgeois Modernism, 1890-1924 written by Maiken Umbach and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the distinctive brand of modernism that emerged in late 19th century Germany, illustrating through a series of analyses of key buildings and urban spaces how bourgeios modernism shaped the infrastructure of social and political life in the early twentieth century and transformed German cities.