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  • Weimar Germany

    Promise and Tragedy, Weimar Centennial Edition

    by Eric D. Weitz ...
    The definitive history of Weimar politics, culture, and societyA New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceA Financial Times Best Book of the YearThoroughly up-to-date, skillfully written, and strikingly illustrated, Weimar Germany brings to life an era of unmatched creativity in the twentieth century—one whose influence and inspiration still resonate today. Eric Weitz has written the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Creating German Communism, 1890-1990

    From Popular Protests to Socialist State

    by Eric D. Weitz ...
    Eric Weitz presents a social and political history of German communism from its beginnings at the end of the nineteenth century to the collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1990. In the first book in English or in German to explore this entire period, Weitz describes the emergence of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) against the background of Imperial and Weimar Germany, and clearly ... Read more

    $51.89 USD

  • A World Divided

    The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States

    by Eric D. Weitz ...
    Series series Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity
    A global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into close to 200 independent countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming human rights—a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably developed together. But the reality is far more problematic, as ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Weimar Germany

    Promise and Tragedy, Weimar Centennial Edition

    by Eric D. Weitz ...
    Narrated by Robert Slade ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 42 min

    This audiobook narrated by Robert Slade paints a riveting portrait of the Weimar eraA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceA Financial Times Best Book of the YearWeimar Germany brings to life an era of unmatched creativity in the twentieth century—one whose influence and inspiration still resonate today. Eric Weitz has written the authoritative history that this fascinating and complex period ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    A World Divided

    The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States

    by Eric D. Weitz ...
    Narrated by Robert Slade ...
    Series series Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity

    Unabridged

    17 hours 36 min

    This audiobook narrated by Robert Slade provides a compelling global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into close to 200 independent countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming human rights—a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • A Century of Genocide

    Utopias of Race and Nation - Updated Edition

    by Eric D. Weitz, Eric D. Weitz ...
    Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide? Can we learn why genocide is perpetrated by comparing different cases of genocide? Is the Holocaust unique, or does it share causes and features with other cases of state-sponsored mass murder? Can genocide be prevented?Blending gripping narrative with trenchant analysis, Eric Weitz investigates four of the twentieth century's ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Theatre and Laughter

    by Professor Eric Weitz ...
    Series series Theatre And
    This stimulating introduction to laughter in theatre and performance examines laughter among actors, among audience, and the interaction between the two. Exploring the many uses and effects of laughter in theatre, Eric Weitz considers laughter as a tool of political resonance, as social commentary, and as one of the oldest rhetorical devices. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Cultural History of Comedy in the Age of Empire

    by Professor Eric Weitz, Professor Andrew McConnell Stott ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    Drawing together contributions from scholars in a range of fields within 19th- and 20th-century cultural, literary, and theater studies, this volume provides a thorough and varied overview of the many forms comedy took in the 19th century. Given the earth-shattering cultural changes and political events that mark the decades between 1800 and 1920-shifting borders, socioeconomic upheaval, ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity

    by Professor Andrew McConnell Stott, Professor Eric Weitz ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    Drawing together contributions from scholars in a wide range of fields inside Classics and Drama, this volume traces the development of comedic performance and examines the different characteristics of Greek and Roman comedy. Although the origins of comedy are obscure, this study argues that comedic performances were at the heart of Graeco-Roman culture from around 486 BCE to the mid first century ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • A Cultural History of Comedy in the Age of Enlightenment

    by Professor Eric Weitz, Professor Andrew McConnell Stott ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    This volume highlights the variety of forms comedy took in England, with reference to developments in Europe, particularly France, during the European Enlightenment. It argues that comedy in this period is characterized by wit, satire, and humor, provoking both laughter and sympathetic tears. Comic expression in the Enlightenment reflects continuities and engagements with the comedy of previous ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • A Cultural History of Comedy in the Modern Age

    by Professor Andrew McConnell Stott, Professor Eric Weitz ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    Drawing together contributions by scholars from a variety of fields, including theater, film and television, sociology, and visual culture, this volume explores the range and diversity of comedic performance and comic forms in the modern age. It covers a range of forms and examples from 1920 to the present day, including plays, film, television comedy, live comedy, and comedy on social media. It ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages

    by Professor Andrew McConnell Stott, Professor Eric Weitz ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant improprieties of many wildly popular tales of sex and trickery. The analysis includes the most influential authors of the age, such as Chaucer, ... Read more

    $81.99 USD