A History of Modern Germany

Between 1941 and 1945, thousands of German Jews, in fear for their lives, made the choice to flee their impending deportations and live submerged i...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Prof. Peter (Ostasieninstitut, Germany) WetzlerNumber of pages: 256Collection: SOAS Studies in Moder...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Anna (Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany) SailerIllustrat...

Survivors tells the story of life in Nazi occupied Warsaw, a city that was ruthlessly and brutally targeted by Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1944. Jadw...

Throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, before closing its borders to Jewish refugees, the United States granted asylum to approximately ninety thous...

DescriptionUrban Transformations is a theoretical and empirical account of the changing nature of urbanization in Germany. Where city planners and ...

This meticulous and authoritative review of the collapse of the GDR uses first-hand interview material with a number of the leading figures to prov...

The Battle of Jutland, May 31-June 1, 1916, pitted Great Britain and Imperial Germany--the two largest fleets of World War I--against one another f...

This beautifully illustrated book provides a new interpretation of modern architecture and design in Germany during the heyday of the Bauhaus and t...

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The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing ...

This innovative book reassesses the history of musicology, unearthing the field's twentieth-century German and global roots. In the process, Anna M...

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, which saw kings, ladies, gentleme...

Reducere. Widely regarded as the second most-important book to come out of National Socialist Germany (after Mein Kampf), Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the ...

Reducere. 'Between Resistance and Martyrdom' is a comprehensive historical study of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust era."About th...

How science changed the way artists understand realityExploring the Invisible shows how modern art expresses the first secular, scientific worldvie...

Bismarck's role in the unification and consolidation of Germany is central to any understanding of Germany's development as a nation and its conseq...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Alexandra (Appalachian State University, USA) Sterling-HellenbrandIllustration(s): 15 bw illusNumber...

Reducere. Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly de...

The 1920s and 1930s saw the birth of modernism in the United States, a new aesthetic, based on the principles of the Bauhaus in Germany: its mergin...

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Reducere. On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staffs and ideas on the operational level...

Reducere. DescriptionA reappraisal of the Blue Rider group in the context of their legendary almanacFor just a few years at the beginning of the 20th century...

This second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers a comprehensive overview of German history from its transformation as a loose patchwork o...

This essential text provides a clear and engaging introduction to the history of modern Germany. Visual evidence, maps, documents and key event box...

Reducere. First developed and written in medieval Germany, Yiddish eventually became the everyday speech of Jews all over Europe and later globally. Yiddish ...

Reducere. Saint Gregory of Tours' comprehensive history of the Frankish people, who ruled over much of what is modern-day France and Germany, is published he...

In 1941, military operations were conducted by large formations along the northern coast of Scandinavia - for the first time in history of warfare....

Publisher: Syracuse University PressAuthor(s): Matthew D. MingusIllustration(s): 1 black & white illustrationNumber of pages: 224Collection: Syracu...

Prior to World War I, Britain was at the center of global relations, utilizing tactics of diplomacy as it broke through the old alliances of Europe...

DescriptionAn original account of the life and work of legendary designer Jan Tschichold and his role in the movement in Weimar Germany to create m...

Reducere. Great Britain's refusal to yield to Nazi Germany in the Second World War remains one of the greatest survival stories of modern times. Commemorated...

Reducere. Widely regarded as the second most-important book to come out of National Socialist Germany (after Mein Kampf), Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the ...

Reducere. Depriving entire generations of their hopes for a better future, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has risen to become the world's most powerfu...

Reducere. The modern Middle East was forged in the crucible of the First World War, but few know the full story of how war actually came to the region. As Se...

As one of the most visited museums in Germany's capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish histo...

A fascinating study of the devastating new form of warfare that redrew the map of Europe in the opening year of World War II, bringing about the mi...

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thousands of women confessed to being witches and were put to death. This book presents an account of t...

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Reducere. Focusing on the twentieth century, this collection of essays by leading international experts offers an up-to-date, comprehensive history and analy...

Reducere. DescriptionA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and e...

DescriptionCovering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism pres...

Reducere. "No one is likely to underrate the importance for the rest of Europe--and, indeed, for world history--of the German reaction, beginning in the days...

Reducere. National Jewish Book Awards WinnerIn 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was wrongfully convicted of being a spy for Germany...

DescriptionThe first comprehensive political history of the communist partyVanguard of the Revolution is a sweeping history of one of the most sign...

Reducere. Chris Harman unearths the history of the lost revolution in Germany--the swastika entered modern history on uniforms of the counterrevolutionary tr...

Reducere. Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape. David Blackbourn ...

DescriptionBauhaus Goes West is the story of cultural and artistic exchange between Germany and the West over a period of seventy years. It present...

A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe ...

DescriptionThe two-handed swords found in modern museums are often so large and elaborately decorated that the onlooker might question whether such...

Reducere. D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley, the ``GI General...

Ultimate inside view of the blitzkrieg in World War IIDiagrams, maps, and schematics illustrate key principlesHundreds of rare photos show Panzers ...

Reducere. Explore How Churchill Went From Schoolboy Failure to Wartime HeroAs a British politician who was well known for serving twice as prime minister for...

The origin of capitalism and modern industrialism--and, not unrelated, the birthplace of Marxism--modern Europe provided the perfect conditions for...

The idea that we are mutually dependent on the recognition of our peers is perceived in different ways throughout the world, according to different...

An oral history, with the full participation of cast and crew, of one of the most popular sitcoms in television history.Since premiering in 2009, t...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered how Germany became a military and economic powerhouse that placed its bid for world domination in the 20th century? If you w...

Reducere. The Axiom of Choice is the most controversial axiom in the entire history of mathematics. Yet it remains a crucial assumption not only in set theor...

Reducere. A legendary book, which was the starting point for the genre of science fiction, Theosophy, the New Age, The Force, and modern day conspiracy theor...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered how a man like Adolf Hitler could have come into power?How did he legally become a dictator by using a democratic process?Or...

Reducere. Communism was one of the most powerful political and intellectual movements the world has ever seen. At the height of their influence, Communists c...

Great Designs is a fascinating overview of the dynamic history of design from the 1860s onwards, tracing the development of modern designs, from sk...

Reducere. Throughout their stormy history the Teutonic Knights of Germany have always been the most controversial brotherhood ever to call themselves 'Knight...

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Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

Reducere. A sparkling addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire alternate history series created by Eric Flint. An alchemist of the 1...

Description"The best book about America's first modern secret service." --Washington Post Book World In the months before World War II, FDR prepare...

The life of one woman - Olga - from late 19th century Prussia to modern Germany. A novel of love, passion and History from beloved modern master Be...

Reducere. A moving and unsettling exploration of a young man's formative years in a country still struggling with its pastAs a Jew in postwar Germany, Yascha...