German Cultural Criticism: The Desire for a Sense of Place and Community

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German Cultural Criticism: The Desire for a Sense of Place and Community. / Rohkramer, Thomas.
Making a New World. Reforming. Architecture & Communities in Interwar Europe. ed. / Rajesh Heynicks; Tom Avermaete. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2012. p. 31-42.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Harvard

Rohkramer, T 2012, German Cultural Criticism: The Desire for a Sense of Place and Community. in R Heynicks & T Avermaete (eds), Making a New World. Reforming. Architecture & Communities in Interwar Europe. Leuven University Press, Leuven, pp. 31-42.

APA

Rohkramer, T. (2012). German Cultural Criticism: The Desire for a Sense of Place and Community. In R. Heynicks, & T. Avermaete (Eds.), Making a New World. Reforming. Architecture & Communities in Interwar Europe (pp. 31-42). Leuven University Press.

Vancouver

Rohkramer T. German Cultural Criticism: The Desire for a Sense of Place and Community. In Heynicks R, Avermaete T, editors, Making a New World. Reforming. Architecture & Communities in Interwar Europe. Leuven: Leuven University Press. 2012. p. 31-42

Author

Rohkramer, Thomas. / German Cultural Criticism: The Desire for a Sense of Place and Community. Making a New World. Reforming. Architecture & Communities in Interwar Europe. editor / Rajesh Heynicks ; Tom Avermaete. Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2012. pp. 31-42

Bibtex

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