Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Figures viii
5. Maps xiii
6. Introduction. Power and Architecture Th e Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics 1
7. Chapter 1. Capital Architecture and National Identity 31
8. Chapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital-Building in Washington, DC, Ottawa, Canberra, and Brasília 53
9. Chapter 3. Capital-Building in Post-War Germany 106
10. Chapter 4. Berlin: Three Centuries as Capital 128
11. Chapter 5. Image, Itinerary, and Identity in the “Third” Rome 152
12. Chapter 6. “A Capital without a Nation”: Red Vienna, Architecture, and Spatial Politics between the World Wars 178
13. Chapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in Warsaw 208
14. Chapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of Ankara 227
15. Chapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European Union 261
16. Contributors 287
17. Index 290