MSc） - 20th Century 1

Die Kanzlerschaften Willy Brandts und Helmut Schmidts prägten nicht nur die Bundesrepublik, sondern standen für einen tiefgreifenden Wandel in der Europa- und Globalpolitik. Verband sich mit der Amt……続きを見る

The roots of Henkel, founded in 1876 by Fritz Henkel, lie in the early German Empire. The population’s rising standard of living increased the demand for consumer goods in everyday life, which the c……続きを見る

History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce Volume 2 (of 4) by W. S. Lindsay is a comprehensive and meticulously researched exploration of the evolution of maritime trade and the development o……続きを見る

History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce Volume 3 (of 4) by W. S. Lindsay is a comprehensive and meticulously researched account that delves into the evolution of maritime trade and the dev……続きを見る

A powerful indictment of the IRB regime. University researchers in the United States seeking to observe, survey, or interview people are required first to complete ethical training courses and to su……続きを見る

In Deceit on the Road to War**, John M. Schuessler examines how U.S. presidents have deceived the American public about fundamental decisions of war and peace**. Deception has been deliberate, he su……続きを見る

Otto Dix (1891 - 1969) ist einer der großen deutschen Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts, bekannt vor allem durch sein eindringliches Werk zum Ersten Weltkrieg und die schonungslosen Porträts. Als skepti……続きを見る

Das Erbe des Ersten Weltkriegs ließ eine Vielfalt an erinnerungskulturellen Ausprägungen entstehen. In Zentraleuropa blieben diese in ihrer Intensität allerdings stets weit hinter jener Gedenkkultur……続きを見る

This revelatory account about contaminated polio vaccines is "a deeply disturbing chapter in the recent history of science" (Stephen S. Hall). Jonas Salk's polio vaccine has taken on an almost legen……続きを見る

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner: "Of all the Kennedy books . . . this is the best." ー Time Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughou……続きを見る

Volume two of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's Age of Roosevelt series describes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first tumultuous years in the White House. Coming into office at the bottom of the Gre……続きを見る

In the third volume of his series on Franklin Roosevelt, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian focuses on the turbulent final years of FDR's first term. A measure of economic recovery revived politic……続きを見る

Die Klassische Moderne (1800 - 1960) entfaltete sich in der Spannung zwischen zwei Polen: der abstrakten, ungegenständlichen Form und einer überscharfen Erfassung der Realität. An ihrem Anfang stand……続きを見る

Toys from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s capture the joy of play and the pure fun of being a kid. But beneath those iconic names are rich veins of nostalgia, memory, and history. These toysーand the stor……続きを見る

Quelle a été l'influence congolaise en Belgique ? Ce volume de la Nouvelle Histoire de Belgique vient clore la série en présentant une vue d’ensemble (de 1885 à 1980) de l’impact du Congo sur la Bel……続きを見る

Die Quandts zählen zu den mächtigsten Unternehmerdynastien Deutschlands. Doch ihr Aufstieg ist umstritten. Wie eng war die Familie in die nationalsozialistischen Verbrechen verstrickt? Beruht ihr he……続きを見る

President Franklin D. Roosevelt put it bluntly, if privately, in 1942-the United States was "a Protestant country," he said, "and the Catholics and Jews are here under sufferance." In Tri-Faith Amer……続きを見る

President Franklin D. Roosevelt put it bluntly, if privately, in 1942-the United States was "a Protestant country," he said, "and the Catholics and Jews are here under sufferance." In Tri-Faith Amer……続きを見る

Kaum eine deutsche Herrschergestalt ist so von Legenden umrankt wie der bayerische König Ludwig II.; so fällt es historisch interessierten Leserinnen und Lesern nicht leicht, ein zuverlässiges Bild ……続きを見る

Carefully piecing together the personal letters of Alice 'Liesel' Schwab, Escaping Nazi Germany tells the important story of one woman's emigration from Heilbronn to England. From the decision to le……続きを見る

"L’Unità d’Italia non è avvenuta su basi di uguaglianza, ma come egemonia del Nord sul Mezzogiorno, nel rapporto territoriale città-campagna. Cioè, il Nord concretamente era una piovra che si è arri……続きを見る

We forget that racist violence permeated the lower Midwest from the pre-Civil War period until the 1930s. From Kansas to Ohio, whites orchestrated extraordinary events like lynchings and riots while……続きを見る

"Lo stato italiano è stato una dittatura feroce che ha messo a ferro e fuoco l'Italia meridionale e le isole, squartando, fucilando, seppellendo vivi i contadini poveri che scrittori salariati tenta……続きを見る

Until surprisingly recently the history of the Irish Catholic Church during the Northern Irish Troubles was written by Irish priests and bishops and was commemorative, rather than analytical. This s……続きを見る

A prize–winning historian looks at FDR in the years from the Great War to the Great Depression: "Full of personalities and anecdotes and humor and drama." ー The New York Times The Crisis of the Old……続きを見る

The powerful, long-repressed classic of Dallas history that examines the violent and suppressed history of race and racism in the city. Written by longtime Dallas political journalist Jim Schutze, f……続きを見る

The principles of trade unionism are based on working people acting together in solidarity with each other, to improve wages, working conditions, and life for themselves and all others. In its most ……続きを見る

Gershom Scholem is celebrated as the twentieth century’s most profound student of the Jewish mystical tradition; Walter Benjamin, as a master thinker whose extraordinary essays mix the revolutionary……続きを見る

**Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History "Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken…Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." ーBen Cosgrove, The Daily Beast** On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. ……続きを見る

While the impact of a colonising metropole on subjected territories has been widely scrutinized, the effect of empire on the colonising country has long been neglected. Recently, many studies have e……続きを見る