Architecture, Politics, and Identity in Divided Berlin

by Emily Pugh

On August 13, 1961, under the cover of darkness, East German authorities sealed the border between East and West Berlin using a hastily constructed barbed wire fence. Over the next twenty-eight years of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall grew to become an ever-present physical and psychological divider in this capital city and a powerful symbol of Cold War tensions. Similarly, stark polarities arose in nearly every aspect of public and private life, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822963027
• ISBN13: 9780822963028
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.9"