Mark A. Russell is an Assistant Professor at the Liberal Arts College of Concordia University, Montreal. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His work on culture in Imperial Germany has appeared in The Historical Journal, The Canadian Journal of History and German History.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Life and Work of Aby Warburg in its Hamburg ContextChapter 2. Aby Warburg’s “Hamburg Comedy”: The Personal Concerns and Professional Ambitions of a Young ScholarChapter 3. Political Symbolism and Cultural Monumentalism: Hamburg’s Bismarck Memorial, 1898–1906Chapter 4. Collective Memory Failure: The Mural Decoration of Hamburg’s City Hall, 1898–1909Chapter 5. A Moment of Calm in the Chaos of War: Willy von Beckerath’s "Eternal Wave," 1913–1918ConclusionBibliographyIndex

“Russell clearly succeeds in erasing historically one-dimensional views of Hamburg’s late entry into shaping Germany’s larger cultural and intellectual discourse.”  ·  German Studies Review“...a valuable scholarly contribution, serving as a useful reminder of the broad spectrum of political views and levels of engagement to be found in the complex confrontations with modernity in later imperial Germany.”  ·  The American Historical Review“… a compelling and needed nuance to overly simplified assumptions about Wilhelmine history. [Russell) offers instead a Hamburg that used its public art both to understand its unique history and to embrace a new path for the future…Russell's writing is clear and readable.. he is able to add a significant contribution to the scholarship on Hamburg by moving beyond its role as a commercial hub within the empire and adding to its credence as a center of shaping the definition of a Kulturstadt.”  ·  H-Net“This scholarly and highly nuanced book will be an invaluable source for art historians as well as those studying twentieth-century Germany and its political, cultural, intellectual and emotional history.”  ·  Notable Book Reviews"This is real interdisciplinary work of the highest quality."  ·  Jonathan Steinberg, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History, University of Pennsylvania

Mark A. Russell is an Assistant Professor at the Liberal Arts College of Concordia University, Montreal. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His work on culture in Imperial Germany has appeared in The Historical Journal, The Canadian Journal of History and German History.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Life and Work of Aby Warburg in its Hamburg ContextChapter 2. Aby Warburg’s “Hamburg Comedy”: The Personal Concerns and Professional Ambitions of a Young ScholarChapter 3. Political Symbolism and Cultural Monumentalism: Hamburg’s Bismarck Memorial, 1898–1906Chapter 4. Collective Memory Failure: The Mural Decoration of Hamburg’s City Hall, 1898–1909Chapter 5. A Moment of Calm in the Chaos of War: Willy von Beckerath’s "Eternal Wave," 1913–1918ConclusionBibliographyIndex

“Russell clearly succeeds in erasing historically one-dimensional views of Hamburg’s late entry into shaping Germany’s larger cultural and intellectual discourse.”  ·  German Studies Review“...a valuable scholarly contribution, serving as a useful reminder of the broad spectrum of political views and levels of engagement to be found in the complex confrontations with modernity in later imperial Germany.”  ·  The American Historical Review“… a compelling and needed nuance to overly simplified assumptions about Wilhelmine history. [Russell) offers instead a Hamburg that used its public art both to understand its unique history and to embrace a new path for the future…Russell's writing is clear and readable.. he is able to add a significant contribution to the scholarship on Hamburg by moving beyond its role as a commercial hub within the empire and adding to its credence as a center of shaping the definition of a Kulturstadt.”  ·  H-Net“This scholarly and highly nuanced book will be an invaluable source for art historians as well as those studying twentieth-century Germany and its political, cultural, intellectual and emotional history.”  ·  Notable Book Reviews"This is real interdisciplinary work of the highest quality."  ·  Jonathan Steinberg, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History, University of Pennsylvania

Mark A. Russell is an Assistant Professor at the Liberal Arts College of Concordia University, Montreal. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His work on culture in Imperial Germany has appeared in The Historical Journal, The Canadian Journal of History and German History.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Life and Work of Aby Warburg in its Hamburg ContextChapter 2. Aby Warburg’s “Hamburg Comedy”: The Personal Concerns and Professional Ambitions of a Young ScholarChapter 3. Political Symbolism and Cultural Monumentalism: Hamburg’s Bismarck Memorial, 1898–1906Chapter 4. Collective Memory Failure: The Mural Decoration of Hamburg’s City Hall, 1898–1909Chapter 5. A Moment of Calm in the Chaos of War: Willy von Beckerath’s "Eternal Wave," 1913–1918ConclusionBibliographyIndex

“Russell clearly succeeds in erasing historically one-dimensional views of Hamburg’s late entry into shaping Germany’s larger cultural and intellectual discourse.”  ·  German Studies Review“...a valuable scholarly contribution, serving as a useful reminder of the broad spectrum of political views and levels of engagement to be found in the complex confrontations with modernity in later imperial Germany.”  ·  The American Historical Review“… a compelling and needed nuance to overly simplified assumptions about Wilhelmine history. [Russell) offers instead a Hamburg that used its public art both to understand its unique history and to embrace a new path for the future…Russell's writing is clear and readable.. he is able to add a significant contribution to the scholarship on Hamburg by moving beyond its role as a commercial hub within the empire and adding to its credence as a center of shaping the definition of a Kulturstadt.”  ·  H-Net“This scholarly and highly nuanced book will be an invaluable source for art historians as well as those studying twentieth-century Germany and its political, cultural, intellectual and emotional history.”  ·  Notable Book Reviews"This is real interdisciplinary work of the highest quality."  ·  Jonathan Steinberg, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History, University of Pennsylvania