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Biographische Anthropologie
De Gruyter 2006; US$ 210.00What is a biography? What are the factors determining the pictures that biographers make of their subjects? The present study of a missing history of the genre of German biographies finds the answers in changing? and at times competing? views of humanity in the modern age.Biographies appear as anthropological case studies? often educationally motivated. more...
Reiseberichte und Romanzen
De Gruyter 1997; US$ 161.00What we see is invariably determined by the eye of the beholder. Travellers and readers interpret the cultural text of 'foreign parts' in relation to their own horizons and individual interests. The present study looks at examples of the discursive appropriation of travel destinations and foreign literature. The approach is geared to aiding inquiry... more...
Twenty Years of Economic Reconstruction in East Germany.
Duncker & Humblot 2010; US$ 68.33Hauptbeschreibung This year marks the 20th anniversary of German reunification. The events of autumn 1989 revealed that the GDR was not just politically but also economically bankrupt. Given the large-scale emigration to the West after the fall of the Wall, the D-Mark was introduced quickly, despite widespread rejection of this measure by the leading... more...
The Economy, Crises, and the Labor Market.
Duncker & Humblot 2010; US$ 77.14Hauptbeschreibung The year 2009 was marked by a deep global economic crisis triggered by turbulence on the financial markets. The crisis has affected different countries' economies to differing degrees. The impact on national labor markets was even more severe, and wider in scope, than the resulting economic slump itself. It appears likely that the... more...
The Statute of the International Court of Justice
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 589.99The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and plays a central role in both the peaceful settlement of international disputes and the development of international law. This comprehensive Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice, now in its second edition, analyses in detail not only... more...
Globalization and Competition.
Duncker & Humblot 2008; US$ 61.72Hauptbeschreibung This supplement presents the contributions to the 71st Annual Meeting of the Association of German Economic Research Institutes that deal with the contentious issues of "Globalization and Competition." Increased competitive intensity does not serve as a great "equalizer"; in contrast, the book identifies various areas where organizational... more...
Realität als Herausforderung
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 196.00This book contains a wide array of cultural-historical contributions that center on distinctive figures of German literary history from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age and their struggles with the challenges and impositions of their historical reality. In particular, the research into hitherto neglected sources reveals how individuals proved themselves... more...
"Politik"
Campus Verlag 2007; US$ 47.38Hauptbeschreibung Die Geschichte des Begriffs »Politik« reicht bis in die Antike zurück. Seitdem hat sich seine Bedeutung vielfach gewandelt und ausdifferenziert. Was »Politik« bedeutete und was als »politisch« bezeichnet wurde, veränderte sich je nach der historischen Situation des Wortgebrauchs. An den Beispielen Deutschland, Frankreich, England... more...
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