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German Refugee Historians and Friedrich Meinecke
BRILL 2010; US$ 183.00This collection of letters from German refugee historians to their teacher Friedrich Meinecke sheds light on questions of emigration and German-Jewish and German-American identity. It also reflects the deep impact that emigrant historians had on American teaching and research in European history, as well as on the rebuilding of German historiography... more...
Germany in the Modern World
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011; US$ 28.99With a careful blend of concision and rich detail, Sam A. Mustafa's readable and lively text traces German history from Roman times to the present, placing particular emphasis on the past three centuries. Mustafa provides a judicious mix of narrative history and historiography, tracing the influential individuals and broad social currents, myths and... more...
Top 10 Berlin
DK Publishing 2013; US$ 14.00Now available in ePub format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 B erlin will lead you straight to the very best this city has to offer. Whether you're looking for the attractions not to miss at the Top 10 city sights or want to find the best nightspots, this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists--from... more...
The Wall
The History Press 2011; US$ 18.94For almost three decades, the Cold War was focused on Berlin, where the two (nuclear-armed) sides were kept apart by a twelve-foot wall, which had appeared almost overnight in August 1961. For a generation, until its fall in November 1989, it not only divided the city of Berlin, but also symbolised the confrontation between capitalist West and socialist... more...
Stadtgeschichte erlebbar machen: Theorien, Methoden und Ideen für das Konzept eines Schülerbegleiters
Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 26.95Hauptbeschreibung Geschichtsunterricht lebt vom Erleben des Vergangenen. Dieses Buch versucht anhand der Frage, wie man eine Stadt in seiner historischen Dimension mit allen Sinnen erlebbar machen kann, in kurzer und prägnanter Form einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Methoden und didaktischen Modelle für einen effizienten Geschichtsunterricht zu... more...
Vatikanische Ostpolitik und die DDR
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 43.03Hauptbeschreibung Während Johannes XXIII. am 7. März 1963 Tochter und Schwiegersohn des sowjetischen Ministerpräsidenten Chruschtschow in privater Audienz empfing, traf sich Agostino Casaroli, der Architekt der Vatikanischen Ostpolitik, während einer UNO-Konferenz mit Mitgliedern von Delegationen aus Staaten des Ostblocks. Beides kann als Anfang... more...
Werner Conze
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010; US$ 43.13Hauptbeschreibung Werner Conze (1910-1986) zählt zu den bedeutendsten, aber auch umstrittensten deutschen Historikern im 20. Jahrhundert. Mit seinen sozial- und begriffsgeschichtlichen Pionierleistungen trug er nach 1945 wesentlich zur Perspektiverweiterung der westdeutschen Geschichtswissenschaft bei. Als junger Historiker hatte er dem Nationalsozialismus... more...
Comparative and Transnational History
Berghahn Books 2012; US$ 34.95Since the 1970s West German historiography has been one of the main arenas of international comparative history. It has produced important empirical studies particularly in social history as well as methodological and theoretical reflections on comparative history. During the last twenty years however, this approach has felt pressure from two sources:... more...
To Prussia with Love
Summersdale 2012; US$ 9.99Farce meets romance in this amusing travel memoir set in East Germany In a desperate attempt to save his relationship with girlfriend Lena and take a break from the world of journalism, Roger Boyes agrees to make a great escape from the easy urban lifestyle of Berlin and decamp to the countryside. He has hopes for Italy, but Lena has... more...









