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De Gruyter 2009; US$ 182.00Comparative Prussian history constitutes the methodical focus of the Yearbook. Particular emphasis is placed on the areas east of the rivers Elbe and Saale: during the Middle Ages they produced those Eastern settlements to be merged into the Prussian state in the early modern age, the era that marked the beginnings of the formation of states. Political,... more...
Beyond the Swastika
Routledge 1996; US$ 52.95O'Brien argues convincingly that fears of a resurgent German nationalism are exaggerated. He highlights the `technocratic liberalism' of the elite which, paradoxically, hinders full rights of political participation for minorities. more...
Das Kommunikationszentrum Wuppertal die börse
Springer 2012; US$ 47.99?Es ist eines der ältesten Kommunikations- und Kulturzentren Deutschlands. Es nahm seine Arbeit im Jahre 1974 auf und gehört zur 1. Generation der Soziokulturellen Zentren. Das Kommunikati-onszentrum Wuppertal die börse leistete durch unterschiedliche Phasen (Post -68, Alternativbewe-gung, Neue Deutsche Welle, Punk, Theater und Tanz)... more...
Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 33.00A social and cultural history of 'dishonourable people' (unehrliche Leute). This book examines an outcast group in early modern Germany which included executioners, skinners, grave-diggers, shepherds, barber-surgeons, millers, latrine-cleaners, and bailiffs, and shows how the pollution anxieties of early modern Germans structured social and political... more...
Der Mythos der Nation im Transnationalen Raum
Springer Fachmedien 2009; US$ 54.99The Descent of Darwin
The University of North Carolina Press 1981; US$ 35.00In Germany, more than anywhere else, Darwinism was a sensational success. Setting his analysis against the background of popular science, Kelly follows popular Darwinism as it permeated education, religion, politics, and social thought in Germany. He explains how the popularizers changed Darwin's thought in subtle ways and how these changes colored... more...
Destined to Witness
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99This is a story of the unexpected.In Destined to Witness , Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a prominent African and a German nurse, Hans remained behind with his mother when Hitler came to power, due to concerns about his fragile... more...
Deutsche Kultur - Jüdische Ethik
Campus Verlag 2011; US$ 27.17Hauptbeschreibung Viele deutsch-jüdische, aber vollständig assimilierte Schriftsteller sahen sich 1933 plötzlich entwurzelt. Obwohl manche emigrierten, waren sie zugleich gezwungen, sich erneut mit dem Judentum auseinanderzusetzen, mit dem sie sich nicht mehr identifizierten. Der Band beschreibt diese Situation anhand von Lebensgeschichten, aus denen... more...









