In 1886 Elisabeth Nietzsche, sister of the famous philosopher, and friend of Richard Wagner, traveled with her husband, Bernhard Forster, and a select group of blond-haired, blue-eyed Germans to the remote Paraguayan wilderness to found an Aryan colony she called Nueva Germania.…
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This second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers a comprehensive overview of German history from its transformation as a loose patchwork of states in 1800 to its emergence as the most powerful unified nation in Europe today. The narrative begins with the Napoleon's impa…
This account of German history from 1800 to the present reveals its continuities and changes. It examines Germany's social, political, and economic history, featuring extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender. This revised edition i…
This account of German history from 1800 to the present reveals its continuities and changes. It examines Germany's social, political, and economic history, featuring extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender. This revised edition i…
Is the end of HIV upon us? Award-winning research scientist and HIV fellow at the Ragon Institute, Nathalia Holt, reveals the science behind the discovery of a functional cure and what it means for the millions affected by HIV and the history of the AIDS pandemic. Two men, known…
Er fegte die alte Welt hinweg und haftet seit vier Generationen im kollektiven Gedächtnis: der Große Krieg. Als Ausbruch aus einem scheinbar stillstehenden Zeitalter der Sicherheit wurde sein Beginn am 1. August 1914 von vielen noch euphorisch begrüßt. An seinem Ende, im Novembe…
Eksteins uses Vincent van Gogh as his lens for this brilliant survey of Western culture and politics in the last century. The long-awaited follow-up to his internationally acclaimed "Rites of Spring" and "Walking Since Daybreak." Now he has produced another thrilling, iconoclast…
A consideration of how the growth in popularity of Vincent van Gogh's paintings and the trial of Otto Wacker for forgery, resulted in an examination of truth and authenticity during and after the Second World War.
A consideration of how the growth in popularity of Vincent van Gogh's paintings and the trial of Otto Wacker for forgery, resulted in an examination of truth and authenticity during and after the Second World War.
This study traces the social, cultural and political tensions in Germany since 1918. It ranges from the Weimar Republic, through the genocide and military aggression in the Nazi era, to the division of the nation and subsequent re-unification in 1990. This edition includes updat…