This history of German culture paints a magnificent panorama of cultural life between 1870 and German reunification. It includes not only the peak achievements of high culture in the fields of literature, music and the fine arts, but also everyday culture and the achievements and influence of technology, engineering and scientific thought in cultural history. The author ensures an easily grasped arrangement of the material, which is structured into clear chapters and presented extremely concisely. He thus provides a multifaceted tour through the cultural history of Germany in the twentieth century and identifies its guiding landmarks concisely, clearly and precisely.

Dr. Siegfried Müller ist Historiker und war Leiter der Abteilung Kulturgeschichte im Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg. Er war Projektleiter für die Neukonzeption des Militärhistorischen Museums der Bundeswehr in Dresden und hat das Konzept für das Knochenhauer-Amtshaus im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim erstellt.

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