Germany category: 4580 books
Peasants and Lords in Modern Germany
Recent Studies in Agricultural History
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
This collection of essays, first published in 1986, provides an exciting introduction to modern German agrarian history. The essays offer a revised account of the agricultural sector in an industrial Germany, and provide an extensive methodological, conceptual and thematic range. This collection challenges...
Inside the Antisemitic Mind
The Language of Jew-Hatred in Contemporary Germany
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Antisemitism never disappeared in Europe. In fact, there is substantial evidence that it is again on the rise, manifest in violent acts against Jews in some quarters, but more commonly noticeable in everyday discourse in mainstream European society. This innovative empirical study examines written...
Interrogation Nation
Refugees and Spies in Cold War Germany
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
This groundbreaking book explores the treatment of the millions of refugees and tens of thousands of spies that flooded Germany after World War II. Drawing on newly declassified espionage files, Keith R. Allen uncovers long-hidden interrogation systems that were developed by Germany’s western occupiers...
by Insight Guides
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Insight Guides: all your customers need to inspire every step of their journeys. - This newly updated edition of Insight Guide Germany is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences - In-depth on history and culture: travellers can enjoy special features on German cuisine, the contemporary...
by Stuart Reid
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
The Seven Years' War in Germany was characterised by an increasing use of 'light' troops in conjunction with regular infantry and cavalry as part of an ongoing evolution in military tactics. This book draws attention to these tactical developments and also provides an analysis of the allied army that...
by Woodruff D. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Although Germany's short-lived colonial empire (1884-1918) was neither large nor successful, it is historically significant. The establishment of German colonies and attempts to expand them affected international politics in a period of extreme tension. Smith focuses on the interaction between Germany's...
Victory in Europe?
Britain and Germany since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
With the debate about Europe constantly in the headlines, this examination of the important and tricky post-war relationship between German and Britain compares their different roles, outlook and development. In the wake of a devastated continent, this relationship has been one of the central axes...
White Rebels in Black
German Appropriation of Black Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Analyzing literary texts and films, White Rebels in Black shows how German authors have since the 1950s appropriated black popular culture, particularly music, to distance themselves from the legacy of Nazi Germany, authoritarianism, and racism, and how such appropriation changes over time. Priscilla...
The Law in Nazi Germany
Ideology, Opportunism, and the Perversion of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
While we often tend to think of the Third Reich as a zone of lawlessness, the Nazi dictatorship and its policies of persecution rested on a legal foundation set in place and maintained by judges, lawyers, and civil servants trained in the law. This volume offers a concise and compelling account of...
A Social History of Early Rock ‘n’ Roll in Germany
Hamburg from Burlesque to The Beatles, 1956-69
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
A Social History of Early Rock 'n' Roll in Germany explores the people and spaces of St. Pauli's rock'n'roll scene in the 1960s. Starting in 1960, young British rockers were hired to entertain tourists in Hamburg's red-light district around the Reeperbahn in the area of St. Pauli. German youths quickly...
by Hans Mommsen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
In this definitive analysis of the Weimar Republic, Hans Mommsen surveys the political, social, and economic development of Germany between the end of World War I and the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor in 1933. His assessment of the German experiment with democracy challenges many long-held...
Hitler's 'National Community'
Society and Culture in Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Lisa Pine's Hitler's 'National Community' explores German culture and society during the Nazi era and analyses how this impacted upon the Germany that followed this fateful regime. Drawing on a range of significant scholarly works on the subject, Pine informs us as to the major historiographical debates...
by (Timbo) Timothy R. Heefner
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Learn about some of the cultural differences and superstitions between the USA and in the Oberpfalz, Bavaria, and Germany. Learn why two sometimes means three. Learn a good tip about tipping. Find out about Knockers. Learn what Wood for the Cabin means in the Oberpfalz and Bavarian culture. Learn...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
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