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»Herausragend - Frank Trentmanns große Geschichte der sich wandelnden Mentalitäten der Deutschen und der moralischen Herausforderungen seit der NS-Zeit ist ein Meisterwerk«, schreibt Ian Kershaw.

Frank Trentmann gelingt eine neue, einzigartige Perspektive auf die deutsche Geschichte - der Weg der Deutschen von 1942 bis heute, vom Volk der Täter zum anerkannten Partner in der Welt. Erstmals erzählt der renommierte Historiker Frank Trentmann die Geschichte Deutschlands der letzten 80 Jahre aus dem Blickwinkel der Moral. Wie kam es dazu, dass die Deutschen nach Shoah und...

Ranging from the United States to contemporary Papua New Guinea, and from the European Union to China, this book discusses the evolution of the consumer in economics, law, and anthropology; the political contestation of water and tea, as well as shopping in modern Europe, and the current refashioning of consumer identities in East Germany, in multinational stores in China, and in public debates about the effect of consumerism on childhood and citizenship in Europe and North America. Bringing together international experts from history, law, economics, anthropology, and media studies, this...

-Empire of Things isn't just an insightful and surprisingly entertaining read, but a crucial one.---NPR

What we consume has become a central--perhaps the central--feature of modern life. Our economies live or die by spending, we increasingly define ourselves by our possessions, and this ever-richer lifestyle has had an extraordinary impact on our planet. How have we come to live with so much stuff, and how has this changed the course of history?

In Empire of Things, Frank Trentmann unfolds the...

"Civil Society" has been experiencing a global renaissance among social movements and political thinkers during the last two decades. This collection of original papers by junior and senior scholars offers an important comparative-historical dimension to the debate by examining the historical roots of civil society in Germany and Britain from the seventeenth-century revolutions to the beginning of the welfare state.

Ranging from the United States to contemporary Papua New Guinea, and from the European Union to China, this book discusses the evolution of the consumer in economics, law, and anthropology; the political contestation of water and tea, as well as shopping in modern Europe, and the current refashioning of consumer identities in East Germany, in multinational stores in China, and in public debates about the effect of consumerism on childhood and citizenship in Europe and North America. Bringing together international experts from history, law, economics, anthropology, and media studies, this...