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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 a new angle of
approach to such subjects as liberalism, anti-semitism and the
continuing importance of religion in German history. Bringing
together social, economic, cultural and political history, each
essay is concerned with the social and political flux that
characterized the period, and with the problems and opportunities
it presented. This reissue will be of great value to any students
and academics with an interest in the history of modern Germany.
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 German bourgeoisie. It also discusses bourgeois
values as manifested in the cult of local roots and in the
widespread practice of duelling. Edited by two of the most
respected scholars in the field, this important reissue will be of
value to any students of modern German and European history.
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 German bourgeoisie. It also discusses bourgeois
values as manifested in the cult of local roots and in the
widespread practice of duelling. Edited by two of the most
respected scholars in the field, this important reissue will be of
value to any students of modern German and European history.
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
identity far more complicated than previously imagined. Blackbourn
traces Germany’s evolution from the loosely bound Holy Roman
Empire of 1500 to a sprawling colonial power to a
twenty-first-century beacon of democracy. Viewed through a global
lens, familiar landmarks of German history—the Reformation, the
Revolution of 1848, the Nazi regime—are transformed, while others
are unearthed and explored, as Blackbourn reveals Germany’s
leading role in creating modern universities and its sinister
involvement in slave-trade economies. A global history for a global
age, Germany in the World is a bold and original account that
upends the idea that a nation’s history should be written as
though it took place entirely within that nation’s borders.
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 subjects as liberalism, anti-semitism and the
continuing importance of religion in German history. Bringing
together social, economic, cultural and political history, each
essay is concerned with the social and political flux that
characterized the period, and with the problems and opportunities
it presented. This reissue will be of great value to any students
and academics with an interest in the history of modern Germany.
For many today Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
stand as towering representatives of European music of the
eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual,
religious, and aesthetic trends of the period. Research on their
compositions continues in many ways to shape our broader
understanding of eighteenth-century musical thought and its
contexts. This collection of essays by leading authorities in the
field offers a variety of new perspectives on the two composers, as
well as some of their important contemporaries, Haydn in
particular. Addressing topics as diverse as the historiography of
eighteenth-century music, concepts of time and musical form, the
idea of the musical work and its relation to publishing practices,
compositional process, and performance practice, these essays
together constitute a major contribution to eighteenth-century
studies.
This book had its origin in a conference that took place at the
Music Department of Harvard University on September 23 25, 2005, to
honor Professor Christoph Wolff, Adams University Professor at
Harvard University.
Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the
rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape.
David Blackbourn begins his morality tale in the mid-1700s, with
the epic story of Frederick the Great, who attempted by importing
the great scientific minds of the West and by harnessing the power
of his army to transform the uninhabitable marshlands of his
scattered kingdom into a modern state. Chronicling the great
engineering projects that reshaped the mighty Rhine, the emergence
of an ambitious German navy, and the development of hydroelectric
power to fuel Germany's convulsive industrial growth before World
War I, Blackbourn goes on to show how Nazi racial policies rested
on German ideas of mastery of the natural world. Filled with
striking reproductions of paintings, maps, and photographs, this
grand work of modern history links culture, politics, and the
environment in an exploration of the perils faced by nations that
attempt to conquer nature."
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 can be a marker of identity, but all are ambiguous. Where you
were born has a different meaning if, like so many modern Germans,
you have moved on and now live elsewhere. Representing the
'national interest' in parliament becomes more difficult when
voters demand attention to local and regional issues or when ethnic
tensions erupt. In all these situations the landscape of 'home'
takes on a more elusive meaning. Localism, Landscape, and the
Ambiguities of Place is about the German nation state and the
German-speaking lands beyond it, from the 1860s to the 1930s. The
authors explore a wide range of subjects: music and art, elections
and political festivities, local landscape and nature conservation,
tourism and language struggles in the family and the school. Yet
they share an interest in the ambiguities of German identity in an
age of extraordinarily rapid socio-economic change. These essays do
not assume the primacy of national allegiance. Instead, by using
the 'sense of place' as a prism to look at German identity in new
ways, they examine a sense of 'Germanness' that was neither
self-evident nor unchanging.
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 duelling's evolution from its medieval origins -
when it was regarded as a badge of rank - to the early twentieth
century, by which time it was seen as an irrational anachronism. In
doing so, he shows how the duelling tradition was something unique
to Europe and its colonies, and, in its contribution to the
development of the officer corps, played a key part in shaping
European military power. Drawing on a vast range of historical and
cultural sources, this is the definitive account of a violent
ritual that continues to fascinate even today.
David Blackbourn's masterly account mixes social, political and
economic history to become immediately on publication the standard
work on nineteenth-century Germany.
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