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Urban internationalism: Coventry, Kiel, reconstruction and the role of cities in British–German reconciliation, 1945–1949

Christoph Laucht Orcid Logo, Tom Allbeson

Urban History, Pages: 1 - 26

Swansea University Author: Christoph Laucht Orcid Logo

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This article addresses the beginnings of the twinning relationship between Coventry and Kiel to introduce and exemplify the idea of ‘urban internationalism’ as a new lens onto urban histories of town twinning initiatives and a contribution to the historiography of British town twinning. Focusing on...

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ISSN: 0963-9268 1469-8706
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2023
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