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European Identity and the Second World War (Hardcover): Menno Spiering, Michael Wintle European Identity and the Second World War (Hardcover)
Menno Spiering, Michael Wintle
R1,492 Discovery Miles 14 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War.

Eurocentrism - History, Identity, White Man's Burden (Hardcover): Michael Wintle Eurocentrism - History, Identity, White Man's Burden (Hardcover)
Michael Wintle
R3,877 Discovery Miles 38 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book raises awareness of Eurocentrism's enormous impact and shows how, over the course of five centuries, Eurocentrism has extended its power across the globe. In the twenty-first century, Eurocentrism's hegemony remains powerful. By exploring a wide range of sources including Eurocentric maps and images, historiography, and Rudyard Kipling's White Man's Burden, Wintle uncovers Eurocentrism's gradual evolution and reveals the ways in which it functions at both seen and unseen levels. Taking a thematic and then empirical approach, Eurocentrism offers a detailed and comprehensive discussion of Eurocentrism's problems and dangers, pays special attention to the work of Samir Amin and James Blaut and applies notions garnered in the book to discuss Eurocentrism within the context of the twenty-first-century European Union. This study questions Eurocentrism's function, its history, and its importance, providing a fresh insight into one of the world's most complex and powerful cultural phenomena. With its multi- and interdisciplinary analysis, this book is an indispensable tool for both scholars and students concerned with modern history, politics, visual culture and political geography.

An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920 - Demographic, Economic and Social Transition (Hardcover): Michael... An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920 - Demographic, Economic and Social Transition (Hardcover)
Michael Wintle
R2,744 Discovery Miles 27 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a comprehensive account of Dutch history in the "long" nineteenth century. In this fascinating and instructive period the country saw extremely rapid population growth, awesome death rates, staggering fertility, some of the fastest economic growth in the world, a uniquely large and efficient service sector, a vast and profitable overseas empire, and relative tolerance. This is the only single-authored book currently available on this crucial period of Dutch history, and it will be of central importance to Dutch specialists, as well as European historians more generally.

The Image of Europe - Visualizing Europe in Cartography and Iconography throughout the Ages (Hardcover): Michael Wintle The Image of Europe - Visualizing Europe in Cartography and Iconography throughout the Ages (Hardcover)
Michael Wintle
R2,909 Discovery Miles 29 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 2009, is a major study of visual representations of Europe, from the classical world to the present day, in maps, icons, the arts and graphic images of all kinds. Europe has been variously represented as the demi-goddess Europa, a bull, a horse, a son of Noah, a Magus, a queen, and the Empress of the World. This richly illustrated book charts how these visualizations of the continent have altered over time; how they interact with changing ideas of the extent and nature of Europe in relation to the other continents; and how these images have influenced and been influenced by the 'reality' of Europe. Spanning the ages from the Ancient Greeks to the European Union, this history of three millennia of Europe and its representations is an important contribution to ongoing debates about the nature of European identity.

Eurocentrism - History, Identity, White Man's Burden (Paperback): Michael Wintle Eurocentrism - History, Identity, White Man's Burden (Paperback)
Michael Wintle
R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book raises awareness of Eurocentrism's enormous impact and shows how, over the course of five centuries, Eurocentrism has extended its power across the globe. In the twenty-first century, Eurocentrism's hegemony remains powerful. By exploring a wide range of sources including Eurocentric maps and images, historiography, and Rudyard Kipling's White Man's Burden, Wintle uncovers Eurocentrism's gradual evolution and reveals the ways in which it functions at both seen and unseen levels. Taking a thematic and then empirical approach, Eurocentrism offers a detailed and comprehensive discussion of Eurocentrism's problems and dangers, pays special attention to the work of Samir Amin and James Blaut and applies notions garnered in the book to discuss Eurocentrism within the context of the twenty-first-century European Union. This study questions Eurocentrism's function, its history, and its importance, providing a fresh insight into one of the world's most complex and powerful cultural phenomena. With its multi- and interdisciplinary analysis, this book is an indispensable tool for both scholars and students concerned with modern history, politics, visual culture and political geography.

Narratives of War - Remembering and Chronicling Battle in Twentieth-Century Europe (Hardcover): Nanci Adler, Remco Ensel,... Narratives of War - Remembering and Chronicling Battle in Twentieth-Century Europe (Hardcover)
Nanci Adler, Remco Ensel, Michael Wintle
R3,877 Discovery Miles 38 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Narratives of War considers the way war and battle are remembered and narrated across space and time in Europe in the twentieth century. The book reflects on how narratives are generated and deployed, and on their function as coping mechanisms, means of survival, commemorative gestures, historical records and evidence. The contributions address such issues as the tension and discrepancy between memory and the official chronicling of war, the relationship between various individuals' versions of war narratives and the ways in which events are brought together to serve varied functions for the narrators and their audiences. Drawing upon the two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War and the ex-Yugoslav wars, and considering narrative genres that include film, schoolbooks, novels, oral history, archives, official documents, personal testimony and memoirs, readers are introduced to a range of narrative forms and examples that highlight the complexity of narrative in relation to war. Approached from a multidisciplinary perspective, and taken together, analysis of these narratives contributes to our understanding of the causes, experience, dynamics and consequences of war, making it the ideal book for those interested in twentieth-century war history and the history of memory and narrative.

An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920 - Demographic, Economic and Social Transition (Paperback): Michael... An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920 - Demographic, Economic and Social Transition (Paperback)
Michael Wintle
R1,288 Discovery Miles 12 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920 provides a comprehensive account of Dutch history from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, examining population and health, the economy, and socio-political history. The Dutch experience in this period is fascinating and instructive: the country saw extremely rapid population growth, awesome death rates, staggering fertility, some of the fastest economic growth in the world, a uniquely large and efficient service sector, a vast and profitable overseas empire, characteristic 'pillarization', and relative tolerance. Michael Wintle also examines the lives of ordinary people: what they ate, how much they earned, what they thought about public affairs, and how they wooed and wed. This book will be of central importance to Dutch specialists, as well as European historians more generally.

Narratives of War - Remembering and Chronicling Battle in Twentieth-Century Europe (Paperback): Nanci Adler, Remco Ensel,... Narratives of War - Remembering and Chronicling Battle in Twentieth-Century Europe (Paperback)
Nanci Adler, Remco Ensel, Michael Wintle
R1,152 Discovery Miles 11 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Narratives of War considers the way war and battle are remembered and narrated across space and time in Europe in the twentieth century. The book reflects on how narratives are generated and deployed, and on their function as coping mechanisms, means of survival, commemorative gestures, historical records and evidence. The contributions address such issues as the tension and discrepancy between memory and the official chronicling of war, the relationship between various individuals' versions of war narratives and the ways in which events are brought together to serve varied functions for the narrators and their audiences. Drawing upon the two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War and the ex-Yugoslav wars, and considering narrative genres that include film, schoolbooks, novels, oral history, archives, official documents, personal testimony and memoirs, readers are introduced to a range of narrative forms and examples that highlight the complexity of narrative in relation to war. Approached from a multidisciplinary perspective, and taken together, analysis of these narratives contributes to our understanding of the causes, experience, dynamics and consequences of war, making it the ideal book for those interested in twentieth-century war history and the history of memory and narrative.

European Identity and the Second World War (Paperback, 1st ed. 2011): Menno Spiering, Michael Wintle European Identity and the Second World War (Paperback, 1st ed. 2011)
Menno Spiering, Michael Wintle
R1,468 Discovery Miles 14 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War.

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