Author : Professor Matthew Jefferies
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1409435512
This companion is a significant addition to the body of scholarship on Germany’s imperial era with the emphasis very much on the present and future. Questions of continuity remain a vital line of historical enquiry and while it may have been short-lived, the Kaiserreich remains central to modern German and European history. The collection will provide a lively take on this fascinating period of history, from Germany’s unification in 1871 until the end of World War I.
Author : Shirley J. Riemer
Publisher :
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2010
Category : German Americans
ISBN : 9780965676168
Author : Matthew Jefferies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1317043219
Germany's imperial era (1871-1918) continues to attract both scholars and the general public alike. The American historian Roger Chickering has referred to the historiography on the Kaiserreich as an 'extraordinary body of historical scholarship', whose quality and diversity stands comparison with that of any other episode in European history. This Companion is a significant addition to this body of scholarship with the emphasis very much on the present and future. Questions of continuity remain a vital and necessary line of historical enquiry and while it may have been short-lived, the Kaiserreich remains central to modern German and European history. The volume allows 25 experts, from across the globe, to write at length about the state of research in their own specialist fields, offering original insights as well as historiographical reflections, and rounded off with extensive suggestions for further reading. The chapters are grouped into five thematic sections, chosen to reflect the full range of research being undertaken on imperial German history today and together offer a comprehensive and authoritative reference resource. Overall this collection will provide scholars and students with a lively take on this fascinating period of German history, from the nation’s unification in 1871 right up until the end of World War I.
Author : Eva Kolinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 11,67 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521568708
One of the most intriguing questions of our time is how some of the masterpieces of modernity originated in a country in which personal liberty and democracy were slow to emerge. This Companion provides an authoritative account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialisation, the rise of mass society and the nation state. Newly written and researched by experts in their respective fields, individual chapters trace developments in German culture - including national identity, class, Jews in German society, minorities and women, the functions of folk and mass culture, poetry, drama, theatre, dance, music, art, architecture, cinema and mass media - from the nineteenth century to the present. Guidance is given for further reading and a chronology is provided. In its totality the Companion shows how the political and social processes that shaped modern Germany are intertwined with cultural genres and their agendas of creative expression.
Author : Shirley J. Riemer
Publisher :
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 41,86 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Author : Olaf Asbach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1317041356
The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) remains a puzzling and complex subject for students and scholars alike. This is hardly surprising since it is often contested among historians whether it is actually appropriate to speak of a single war or a series of conflicts. Similarly emphasis is also put on the different motives for going to war, as conflicting religious and political interests were involved. This research companion brings together leading scholars in the field to synthesize the range of existing research on the war, which is still fragmented and divided along national historical lines, and to further explore the complexities of the conflict using an innovative comparative approach. The companion is designed to provide scholars and graduate students with a comprehensive and authoritative overview of research on one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
Author : Ármann Jakobsson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 131704147X
The last fifty years have seen a significant change in the focus of saga studies, from a preoccupation with origins and development to a renewed interest in other topics, such as the nature of the sagas and their value as sources to medieval ideologies and mentalities. The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of saga scholarship over the last fifty years, sometimes juxtaposing it with earlier views and examining the sagas both as works of art and as source materials. This volume will be of interest to Old Norse and medieval Scandinavian scholars and accessible to medievalists in general.
Author : Dr Oleg Kobtzeff
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 48,92 MB
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1409476634
This Companion brings together 29 essays from leading theorists and historians on the origins of wars, their immediate causes and consequences and the mechanisms leading to the breakdown of peaceful relations. The essays are arranged thematically in four parts and include analysis of significant conflicts and consideration of long term, systemic conflicts and highlight the need for interdisciplinary approaches to the study of war as a global phenomenon.
Author : Robert J. Pauly
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 12,80 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780754648628
This comprehensive volume is designed as a research guide that will both inform readers on the basics of US foreign policy from historical and political science perspectives and provide a look ahead at the means through which American policy makers will meet the future in an increasingly complex international system.
Author : Olaf Asbach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1317041348
The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) remains a puzzling and complex subject for students and scholars alike. This is hardly surprising since it is often contested among historians whether it is actually appropriate to speak of a single war or a series of conflicts. Similarly emphasis is also put on the different motives for going to war, as conflicting religious and political interests were involved. This research companion brings together leading scholars in the field to synthesize the range of existing research on the war, which is still fragmented and divided along national historical lines, and to further explore the complexities of the conflict using an innovative comparative approach. The companion is designed to provide scholars and graduate students with a comprehensive and authoritative overview of research on one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
