Sex, Crime, and Utopia in Vienna and Berlin, 1860-1914
by
Scott Spector
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Vienna and Berlin were centers of scientific knowledge, accompanied by a sense of triumphalism and confidence in progress. Yet they were also sites of fascination with urban decay, often focused on sexual and criminal deviants and the tales of violence surrounding...