Ebook {Epub PDF} Germany: Memories of a Nation by Neil MacGregor

Written and presented by Neil MacGregor, it is produced by BBC Radio 4, in partnership with the British Museum. While Germany’s past is too often seen through the prism of the two World Wars, this series investigates a wider year-old history of the nation through its objects/5().  · Written by Neil MacGregor once the Director of the British Museum who happens to know a lot about Germany. Perhaps the book would be better called Monuments and Museums of Germany. Quirky composition of Germany’s history examined largely through arts and objects. Surprisingly good prose and eclectic topics such as lost capitals/5(K).  · Germany: Memories of a NationPodcast. Podcast. Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, explores years of Germany's complex .

Neil MacGregor looks at memories in Grrmany, choosing those that seemed most potent to him,. Sometimes these are of recent history, such as the memories of a Tummerfrau, a rubble woman, one of many women who cleared the rubble from the streets of bombed cities such as Dresden. Some chapters look at things made in Germany, ranging from Gutenberg. Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, explores years of Germany's complex and often challenging history using objects, art, landmarks and literature. Germany: Memories of a Nation BBC. Germany: Memories of a Nation. Germany.: Neil MacGregor. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - History - pages. 3 Reviews. For the past years, Germany has been the central power in continental europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany, and how do its.

Germany: Memories of a Nation is a book by British historian and then director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor. The work was published in conjunction with his BBC Radio 4 series and a major exhibition at the British Museum. Background and synopsis. Germany: Memories of a Nation by Neil MacGregor review – bold, fluent and sharply intelligent This is an incisive account of how Germans have fashioned and refashioned their identity out of the. Written and presented by Neil MacGregor, it is produced by BBC Radio 4, in partnership with the British Museum. While Germany’s past is too often seen through the prism of the two World Wars, this series investigates a wider year-old history of the nation through its objects.