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  • Germany in the World

    A Global History, 1500-2000

    by David Blackbourn ...
    Brilliantly conceived and majestically written, this monumental work of European history recasts the five-hundred-year history of Germany.With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification—and revealing a national ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Conquest Of Nature

    Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

    by David Blackbourn ...
    The modern idea of 'mastery' over nature always had its critics, whether their motives were aesthetic, religious or environmentalist. By investigating how the most fundamental element - water - was 'conquered' by draining fens and marshes, straightening the courses of rivers, building high dams and exploiting hydro-electric power, The Conquest of Nature explores how over the last 250 years, the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Duel in European History

    Honour and the Reign of Aristocracy

    by Victor Kiernan ...
    For centuries, duelling played an integral role in the preservation of the aristocratic order in Europe, defying attempts by both church and state to ban the practice. Moreover, the romance and drama of the duel has made it an enduring fixture in films, literature, and the theatre.In The Duel in European History, renowned historian Victor Kiernan writes with his characteristic wit and insight of ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Localism, Landscape, and the Ambiguities of Place

    German-Speaking Central Europe, 1860-1930

    Edited by David Blackbourn, James Retallack ...
    Series series German and European Studies
    What makes a person call a particular place ‘home’? Does it follow simply from being born there? Is it the result of a language shared with neighbours or attachment to a familiar landscape? Perhaps it is a piece of music, or a painting, or even a travelogue that captures the essence of home. And what about the sense of belonging that inspires nationalist or local autonomy movements? Each of these ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Populists and Patricians (Routledge Revivals)

    Essays in Modern German History

    by David Blackbourn ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1987, this collection of essays, from one of the leading historians in the field, is concerned with the central debates about German history from Bismarck to Hitler. David Blackbourn questions many previously held assumptions, whether about the natural conservatism of the German peasantry of the ‘feudalization’ of the middle classes, and offers an innovative approach to such ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • The German Bourgeoisie (Routledge Revivals)

    Essays on the Social History of the German Middle Class from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century

    Edited by David Blackbourn, Richard Evans ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1991, this collection of original studies by British, German and American historians examines the whole range of modern German bourgeoisie groups, including professional, mercantile, industrial and financial bourgeoisie, and the bourgeois family. Drawing on original research, the book focuses on the historical evidence as counterpoint to the well-known literary accounts of the ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

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    Germany in the World

    A Global History, 1500-2000

    by David Blackbourn ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    36 hours 48 min

    Brilliantly conceived and majestically written, this monumental work of European history recasts the five-hundred-year history of Germany.With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification—and revealing a national ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Third Reich in Power

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    Series Book 2 - The Third Reich Trilogy
    **The acclaimed and comprehensive account of Germany's transformation under Hitler's total rule and the inexorable march to war, by the author of The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich at War, and Hitler's People“[A] masterpiece. Fluidly narrated, tightly organized and comprehensive.” —The New York Times“A major achievement.” —The Boston Globe**By the middle of 1933, the democracy of the ... Read more

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  • Imperial Germany 1871-1918

    Edited by James Retallack ...
    Series series Short Oxford History of Germany
    The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's 'blood and iron' policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power were pre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; ... Read more

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  • Lions and Lambs

    Conflict in Weimar and the Creation of Post-Nazi Germany

    by Noah Benezra Strote ...
    A bold new interpretation of Germany’s democratic transformation in the twentieth century, focusing on the generation that shaped the post-Nazi reconstruction Not long after the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, Germans rebuilt their shattered country and emerged as one of the leading nations of the Western liberal world. In his debut work, Noah Strote analyzes this remarkable turnaround ... Read more

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  • Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life

    A Nineteenth-Century Life

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