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"Bernhard Thonhofer researched street life in Graz at the beginning of World War I 1914 and how the Burgfrieden was shaped subsequently. By that a transformation process from a fragmented militarized society in times of peace to a society in times of war is portrayed, with its asynchrony and discrepancy, but also in its outlines. This ""unity"" on the streets was full of breaches and contradictions from the start. The people of Graz transformed not into a monolithic ""war society"" free of political, national, confessional or gender-specific conflicts. In fact the 4 years of ""Volkskrieg"" damaged coexistence in Graz."

History --- Graz --- Styria --- First World War --- homefront --- war enthusiasm --- truce policy --- microhistorical approach --- Steiermark --- Erster Weltkrieg --- Heimatfront --- Kriegsbegeisterung --- Burgfrieden --- Mikrogeschichte --- Arbeiterwille --- Grazer Tagblatt --- Grazer Volksblatt

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Located in the geographical center of Berlin, the neighboring boroughs of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg shared a history and identity until their fortunes diverged dramatically following the construction of the Berlin Wall, which placed them within opposing political systems. This revealing account of the two municipal districts before, during and after the Cold War takes a microhistorical approach to investigate the broader historical trajectories of East and West Berlin, with particular attention to housing, religion, and leisure. Merged in 2001, they now comprise a single neighborhood that bears the traces of these complex histories and serves as an illuminating case study of urban renewal, gentrification, and other social processes that continue to reshape Berlin.

City and town life --- City planning --- History --- Friedrichshain (Berlin, Germany) --- Kreuzberg (Berlin, Germany) --- Berlin (Germany) --- Social conditions --- 20th century. --- berlin wall. --- berlin. --- cities. --- city life. --- cold war. --- contemporary european history. --- crowded cities. --- culture. --- democracy. --- east berlin. --- engaging. --- friedrichshain. --- gentrification. --- german history. --- germany. --- housing. --- kreuzberg. --- leisure. --- microhistorical approach. --- municipal districts. --- page turner. --- political systems. --- politics. --- realistic. --- religion. --- retrospective. --- revolutionaries. --- social issues. --- social processes. --- sociology. --- suburbs. --- urban renewal. --- urban. --- west berlin. --- world history.