The Making of the 20th Century City

Towards a Transnational Urban History of Japan and Europe
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-515-13408-8
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 23, 305 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Reihe: Beiträge zur Stadtgeschichte und Urbanisierungsforschung

Broadening the global perspective is high on the agenda for the current study of urban history. It is widely accepted in contemporary Japanese urban history that the prototype of the modern city was formed in the decades between the 1900s and the 1930s, when, against the background of accelerating urbanisation, the ideas of modernity in terms of regularity, functionality and rationality contributed to the establishment of mass culture and ultimately to social mobilisation for 'total war'. These views coincide with those of European urban history.

In order to understand this coincidence, the volume is divided into three parts: 1. Surveys of mutual historiographical perceptions, 2. Case studies of urban architecture, the garden city concept, concepts of urban disaster prevention, infrastructure building and organised urban leisure, 3. Observations from the perspective of European urban history. The combination will not only elucidate the process of making the 20th century Japanese city, but also help the reader to rethink the modern European city in a global context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liedtke, Rainer

Mori, Takahito

Schmidtpott, Katja

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Mori, Takahito
Takahito Mori is professor of European socio-economic history at Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo), specialized in German urban history (19th and 20th century).

Schmidtpott, Katja
Katja Schmidtpott is professor of Japanese history at Ruhr University Bochum, specialized in social and economic history (19th and 20th century).

Liedtke, Rainer
Rainer Liedtke is Chair of European History (19th and 20th century) at the University of Regensburg. He is focused on industrialisation, urbanisation, migration and modern Jewish history.