National Monuments and Nationalism in 19th Century Germany

by Hans A. Pohlsander

No century in modern European history has built monuments with more enthusiasm than the 19th. Of the hundreds of monuments erected, those which sprang from a nation-wide initiative and addressed themselves to a nation, rather than part of a nation, we may call national monuments. Nelson's Column in London or the Arc de Triomphe in Paris are obvious examples. In Germany the 19th century witnessed a veritable flood of monuments, many of which rank as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039113526
• ISBN13: 9783039113521
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"