ilość książek w kategorii: 334003
Reluctant Skeptic: Siegfried Kracauer and the Crises of Weimar Culture
ISBN: 9781785334580 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The journalist and critic Siegfried Kracauer is best remembered today for his investigations of film and other popular media, and for his seminal influence on Frankfurt School thinkers like Theodor Adorno. Less well known is his earlier work, which offered a seismographic reading of cultural fault lines in Weimar-era Germany, with an eye to the confrontation between religious revival and secular modernity. In this discerning study, historian Harry T. Craver reconstructs and richly contextualizes Kracauer's early output, showing how he embodied the contradictions of modernity and... The journalist and critic Siegfried Kracauer is best remembered today for his investigations of film and other popular media, and for his seminal ... |
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502,65 zł |
Metaphors of Spain: Representations of Spanish National Identity in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781785334665 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The history of twentieth-century Spanish nationalism is a complex one, placing a set of famously distinctive regional identities against a backdrop of religious conflict, separatist tensions, and the autocratic rule of Francisco Franco. And despite the undeniably political character of that story, cultural history can also provide essential insights into the subject. Metaphors of Spain brings together leading historians to examine Spanish nationalism through its diverse and complementary cultural artifacts, from "formal" representations such as the flag to music, bullfighting,... The history of twentieth-century Spanish nationalism is a complex one, placing a set of famously distinctive regional identities against a backdro... |
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502,65 zł |
The Absent Jews: Kurt Forstreuter and the Historiography of Medieval Prussia
ISBN: 9781785334924 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For nearly a century, it has been a commonplace of Central European history that there were no Jews in medieval Prussia-the result, supposedly, of the ruling Teutonic Order's attempts to create a purely Christian crusader's state. In this groundbreaking historical investigation, however, medievalist Cordelia Hess demonstrates the very weak foundations upon which that assumption rests. In exacting detail, she traces this narrative to the work of a single, minor Nazi-era historian, revealing it to be ideologically compromised work that badly mishandles its evidence. By combining new... For nearly a century, it has been a commonplace of Central European history that there were no Jews in medieval Prussia-the result, supposedly, of... |
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543,27 zł |
Daily Life in the Abyss: Genocide Diaries, 1915-1918
ISBN: 9781785334948 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related to Ottoman policy or the scope of the killing. Consequently, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide's victims. Daily Life in the Abyss illuminates this aspect through the intertwined stories of two Armenian families who endured forced relocation and deprivation in and around modern-day Syria. Through analysis of diaries and other source material, it reconstructs the rhythms of daily life within an... Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related... |
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502,65 zł |
Labour, Unions and Politics Under the North Star: The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000
ISBN: 9781785334962 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a distinctive regional approach to politics, collective bargaining and welfare. But as this volume demonstrates, narratives of the so-called "Nordic model" can obscure the fact that experiences of work and the fortunes of organized labour have varied widely throughout the region and across different historical periods. Together, the essays collected here represent an ambitious intervention in labour historiography and European history, exploring... Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a... |
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543,27 zł |
Tailoring Truth: Politicizing the Past and Negotiating Memory in East Germany, 1945-1990
ISBN: 9781785335020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime's approach to memory politics was not stagnant, but rather evolved over time to meet different demands and potential threats to its legitimacy. Ultimately the party found it increasingly difficult to control the public portrayal of the past, and some dissidents were able to turn the party's... By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German co... |
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141,91 zł |
The Greater German Reich and the Jews: Nazi Persecution Policies in the Annexed Territories 1935-1945
ISBN: 9781785335037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Between 1935 and 1940, the Nazis incorporated large portions of Europe into the German Reich. The contributors to this volume analyze the evolving anti-Jewish policies in the annexed territories and their impact on the Jewish population, as well as the attitudes and actions of non-Jews, Germans, and indigenous populations. They demonstrate that diverse anti-Jewish policies developed in the different territories, which in turn affected practices in other regions and even influenced Berlin's decisions. Having these systematic studies together in one volume enables a comparison - based on the... Between 1935 and 1940, the Nazis incorporated large portions of Europe into the German Reich. The contributors to this volume analyze the evolving ... |
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162,21 zł |
Germany and 'The West': The History of a Modern Concept
ISBN: 9781785335044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The West" is a central idea in German public discourse, yet historians know surprisingly little about the evolution of the concept. Contrary to common assumptions, this volume argues that the German concept of the West was not born in the twentieth century, but can be traced from a much earlier time. In the nineteenth century, "the West" became associated with notions of progress, liberty, civilization, and modernity. It signified the future through the opposition to antonyms such as "Russia" and "the East," and was deployed as a tool for forging German identities. Examining the shifting... "The West" is a central idea in German public discourse, yet historians know surprisingly little about the evolution of the concept. Contrary to co... |
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141,91 zł |
Vanished History: The Holocaust in Czech and Slovak Historical Culture
ISBN: 9781785335075 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Not all Czechs, however, remained passive bystanders during the genocide. After the destruction of Czechoslovakia in 1938-39, Slovakia became a formally independent but fully subordinate satellite of Germany. Despite the fact it was not... Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third R... |
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141,91 zł |
Topographies of Suffering: Buchenwald, Babi Yar, Lidice
ISBN: 9781785335112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Commentary on memorials to the Holocaust has been plagued with a sense of "monument fatigue," a feeling that landscape settings and national spaces provide little opportunity for meaningful engagement between present visitors and past victims. This book examines the Holocaust via three sites of murder by the Nazis: the former concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany; the mass grave at Babi Yar, Ukraine; and the razed village of Lidice, Czech Republic. Bringing together recent scholarship from cultural memory and cultural geography, the author focuses on the way these violent histories... Commentary on memorials to the Holocaust has been plagued with a sense of "monument fatigue," a feeling that landscape settings and national space... |
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141,91 zł |
Final Sale in Berlin: The Destruction of Jewish Commercial Activity, 1930-1945
ISBN: 9781785335129 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Before the Nazis took power, Jewish businesspeople in Berlin thrived alongside their non-Jewish neighbors. But Nazi racism changed that, gradually destroying Jewish businesses before murdering the Jews themselves. Reconstructing the fate of more than 8,000 companies, this book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish economic activity and its obliteration. Rather than just examining the steps taken by the persecutors, it also tells the stories of Jewish strategies in countering the effects of persecution. In doing so, this book exposes a fascinating paradox where Berlin, serving... Before the Nazis took power, Jewish businesspeople in Berlin thrived alongside their non-Jewish neighbors. But Nazi racism changed that, gradually... |
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141,91 zł |
Anxious Histories: Narrating the Holocaust in Jewish Communities at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9781785335235 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Over the last seventy years, memories and narratives of the Holocaust have played a significant role in constructing Jewish communities. The author explores one field where these narratives are disseminated: Holocaust pedagogy in Jewish schools in Melbourne and New York. Bringing together a diverse range of critical approaches, including memory studies, gender studies, diaspora theory, and settler colonial studies, Anxious Histories complicates the stories being told about the Holocaust in these Jewish schools and their broader communities. It demonstrates that an anxious thread runs... Over the last seventy years, memories and narratives of the Holocaust have played a significant role in constructing Jewish communities. The author... |
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141,91 zł |
Mixed Matches: Transgressive Unions in Germany from the Reformation to the Enlightenment
ISBN: 9781785335242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The significant changes in early modern German marriage practices included many unions that violated some taboo. That taboo could be theological and involve the marriage of monks and nuns, or refer to social misalliances as when commoners and princes (or princesses) wed. Equally transgressive were unions that crossed religious boundaries, such as marriages between Catholics and Protestants, those that violated ethnic or racial barriers, and those that broke kin-related rules. Taking as a point of departure Martin Luther's redefinition of marriage, the contributors to this volume spin out... The significant changes in early modern German marriage practices included many unions that violated some taboo. That taboo could be theological a... |
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141,91 zł |
Archeologies of Confession: Writing the German Reformation, 1517-2017
ISBN: 9781785335402 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of memory distort our picture of historical change and the ways that historical actors perceive it? Can one give voice to those whom history has forgotten? The essays collected here examine the formation of religious identities during the Reformation in Germany through case studies of remembering and forgetting-instances in which patterns and practices of religious plurality were excised from historical memory. By tracing their ramifications through... Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of me... |
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670,20 zł |
The Near East: A Cultural History
ISBN: 9781849047968 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This ambitious and wide-ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States), from the genesis of civilization in the fourth millennium BCE until modern times. It provides an historical outline of the civilizations and cultures that dominated the region, one that has had an immense impact on the development of humankind, ever since the ancient Sumerians invented urban living and writing around 3200 BCE. Later, the Babylonians and the Assyrians built upon the Sumerian legacy. They were...
This ambitious and wide-ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, ...
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137,53 zł |
For the Motherland! for Stalin!: A Red Army Officer's Memoir of the Eastern Front
ISBN: 9781849047975 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Boris Bogachev's highly readable account of life as a young platoon commander during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 makes for a fascinating read. The son of a Soviet military commissar, Bogachev volunteered to fight as soon as reached the age of seventeen. Life in the Red Army was harsh, with food shortages, inadequate equipment and fear - not only of the well-armed enemy ahead, but also of the trigger-happy political officers behind. Bogachev fought in many campaigns throughout the war, including the 15-month Rzhev salien "meat-grinder" which resulted in huge Soviet losses. On...
Boris Bogachev's highly readable account of life as a young platoon commander during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 makes for a fascinating read. ...
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137,53 zł |
The Anglo-Saxon Fenland
ISBN: 9781911188087 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Archaeologies and histories of the fens of eastern England, continue to suggest, explicitly or by implication, that the early medieval fenland was dominated by the activities of north-west European colonists in a largely empty landscape. Using existing and new evidence and arguments, this new interdisciplinary history of the Anglo-Saxon fenland offers another interpretation. The fen islands and the silt fens show a degree of occupation unexpected a few decades ago. Dense Romano-British settlement appears to have been followed by consistent early medieval occupation on every island in the peat...
Archaeologies and histories of the fens of eastern England, continue to suggest, explicitly or by implication, that the early medieval fenland was dom...
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167,30 zł |
Amagama Enkululeko! Words for Freedom
ISBN: 9781928346357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Amagama Enkululeko Words for Freedom: Writing Life Under Apartheid is an anthology of short fiction, poetry, narrative journalism and extracts from novels and memoirs which frames local literature as a lens through which to engage with South Africa's past. With a foreword by Zakes Mda, and a mixture of famous and seemingly forgotten struggle writers, this anthology of poetry and prose opens a window onto the ways ordinary, everyday life was shaped by the forces of history. Amagama Enkululeko Words for Freedom: Writing Life Under Apartheid is an anthology of short fiction, poetry, narrative journalism and ext... |
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192,89 zł |
Texas Blood: Herman Ehrenberg's Odyssey in the Texas Revolution
ISBN: 9781932801361 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Just eighteen years old, Herman Ehrenberg enlisted with the New Orleans Greys and embarked on the adventure of his life. Fighting alongside militias and volunteers in the Texas Revolution, he was there at the 1835 Siege of the Alamo with Ben Milam. He was there at Goliad and Coleto with the star-crossed James Fannin. He was one of the few to escape the Goliad Massacre; he fled across Texas, only to be recaptured by Mexican General Urrea. More than an eyewitness, Ehrenberg relates the details of the fall of the Alamo and the defeat of Santa Anna at San Jacinto as told to him by his...
Just eighteen years old, Herman Ehrenberg enlisted with the New Orleans Greys and embarked on the adventure of his life. Fighting alongside militias a...
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101,97 zł |
Illuminating Osiris: Egyptological Studies in Honor of Mark Smith
ISBN: 9781937040741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Smith is especially renowned as a Demoticist and specialist in ancient Egyptian religion. His numerous Demotic text editions and translations of Egyptian funerary and religious compositions have been enormously influential in the field. The contributions in Illuminating Osiris naturally reflect Smith's particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and...
Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the Univer...
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478,34 zł |