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This book focuses on the way in which legal historians and legal scientists used the past to legitimize, challenge, explain and familiarize the socialist legal orders, which were backed by dictatori……続きを見る

Germany Divided remains one of the most thought-provoking and comprehensive interpretations of the forty-year relationship between East and West Germany and of the problems of contemporary German un……続きを見る

H.H. Laughlin was crucial for the Nazi's crusade to breed a "master race." This American positioned himself to have a significant effect on the world's population. During his career Laughlin: Wrote……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1980, provides a detailed analysis of the East German army in the last decade of the Cold War. It examines the capabilities of the main force, after the Soviet army, in……続きを見る

Originally published in 1860, this book of military architecture features some truly spectacular examples of Roman and Medieval fortifications including castles, bastions, and camps. This remarkable……続きを見る

Das von Karl dem Großen errichtete Kaisertum des lateinischen Westens prägte die Geschichte Europas. Im kompakten Überblick erzählt dieses Buch von den mittelalterlichen Kaisern und analysiert das K……続きを見る

You might have heard the saying 'you're in a pickle' meaning you're in a difficult situation. This is just one example of Rotwelsch, an ancient language of the road influenced by Yiddish and written……続きを見る

A Word, Only a Word is a historical novel set in Germany's Black Forests in the 16th century, portraying realistic pictures of the persecutions and sufferings of the Jews in medieval Europe. "The sa……続きを見る

Aufstieg und Fall – und Neuanfang: die Geschichte der Familie von Brühl und ihres Schwanenporzellans Christine von Brühl, Nachfahrin des Politikers Heinrich von Brühl (1700–1763), erzählt vom wechse……続きを見る

Stereotypical descriptions showcase West Germany as an "economic miracle" or cast it in the narrow terms of Cold War politics. Such depictions neglect how material hardship preceded success and how ……続きを見る

Unsettling traditional understandings of housing reform as focused on the nuclear family with dependent children, Single People and Mass Housing in Germany, 1850-1930 is the first complete study of ……続きを見る

The colonies of German New Guinea (GNG) and British New Guinea (BNG) which from 1906 became the Territory of Papua, experienced different paths of development due to the colonial administrators’ div……続きを見る

"Wendet euch gegen ein Gericht, das die Rechtssprechung wie einen Auftrag zur Auslöschung des politischen Gegners betreibt, – selbst wenn ihre Opfer noch Kinder sind. Fordert die Aufhebung des furch……続きを見る

From a "Race of Masters" to a "Master Race": 1948 to 1848 Vol. 1 - The Eugenics Anthology Nazism remains an enigma. Historians do not know whether to slot Nazism as a phenomenon of the political "ri……続きを見る

This volume surveys transnational encounters and entanglements between Germany and East Asia since 1945, a period that has witnessed unprecedented global connections between the two regions. It exam……続きを見る

After World War II Berlin became one of the playgrounds of the Cold War; the Berlin Wall made the division between East and West, between ‘capitalism’ and ‘communism’ in 1961 highly visible, though ……続きを見る

""I want to bring home to our people the gravity of the situation; because I want to tell them that the military and naval power of the German Empire is unbroken; that of the twelve million men whom……続きを見る

Across the modern era, the traditional stereotype of Germans as authoritarian and subservient has faded, as they have become (mostly) model democrats. This book, for the first time, examines 130 yea……続きを見る

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. 続きを見る

Nonostante le grandi trasformazioni del suo paesaggio urbano negli ultimi 30 anni, Berlino rimane il luogo migliore per scoprire la storia della divisione e della riunificazione tedesca. Il libro ci……続きを見る

During the Second World War, Mennonites in the Netherlands, Germany, occupied Poland, and Ukraine lived in communities with Jews and close to various Nazi camps and killing sites. As a result of thi……続きを見る

Pastor Kiefer's faith is tested, not just in ordinary life and church work, but in war with shellfire robbing the body and soul of rest. His theological ideals turn into living action as he continue……続きを見る

‘A riveting tale, brilliantly told' Philippe Sands The little-known story of Hitler’s war on modern art and the mentally ill. In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German psychiatrist Hans ……続きを見る

For decades, Germany has been shaped and reshaped by the sounds of popular musicーwhether viewed as uniquely German or an ideological invader from abroad. This collected volume brings together leadi……続きを見る

Entrepreneur and Nazi functionary Fritz Kiehn lived through almost 100 years of German history, from the Bismarck era to the late Bonn Republic. A successful manufacturer, Kiehn joined the Nazi Part……続きを見る

A SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The best biography I have read in years' Philippe Sands 'Spectacular' Observer **'A remarkable portrait'**Guardian W. G. Sebald was one of ……続きを見る

The definitive history of Weimar politics, culture, and society A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Thoroughly up-to-date, skillfully written, and st……続きを見る

Using previously classified documents and original interviews, The Other Alliance examines the channels of cooperation between American and West German student movements throughout the 1960s and ear……続きを見る

An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticism First published in 1947, From Caligari to Hitler remains an undisputed landmark study of the r……続きを見る

A new global history of Fordism from the Great Depression to the postwar era As the United States rose to ascendancy in the first decades of the twentieth century, observers abroad associated Americ……続きを見る