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  • Feeling Political

    Emotions and Institutions since 1789

    by Ute Frevert, Kerstin Maria Pahl, Francesco Buscemi, Philipp Nielsen, Agnes Arndt, Michael Amico, Karsten Lichau, Hannah Malone, Julia Wambach, Juliane Brauer, Caroline Moine ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
    Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people’s political engagement and its ... Read more

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  • The Anatomy of Fascism

    by Robert O. Paxton ...
    What is fascism? By focusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than what they said, the esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question.From the first violent uniformed bands beating up “enemies of the state,” through Mussolini’s rise to power, to Germany’s fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Tainted Source

    The Undemocratic Origins of the European Idea

    by John Laughland ...
    An ideology is sweeping Europe and the world which threatens democracy and the rule of law. The post-national ideology, which posits that nation-states are no longer capable of running their own affairs in a modern, interdependent economy, confuses the constitution of a state with the power of its government, and ignores the importance of the sense of community essential to any democratic debate. ... Read more

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  • Against the World

    Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars

    by Tara Zahra ...
    A brilliant, eye-opening work of history that speaks volumes about today’s battles over international trade, immigration, public health and global inequality.Before the First World War, enthusiasm for a borderless world reached its height. International travel, migration, trade, and progressive projects on matters ranging from women’s rights to world peace reached a crescendo. Yet in the same ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe

    by Heidemarie Uhl, Richard J. Golsan ...
    For sixty years, different groups in Europe have put forth interpretations of World War II and their respective countries’ roles in it consistent with their own political and psychological needs. The conflict over the past has played out in diverse arenas, including film, memoirs, court cases, and textbooks. It has had profound implications for democratization and relations between neighboring ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Imperial Germany 1871-1918

    Edited by James Retallack ...
    Series series Short Oxford History of Germany
    The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's 'blood and iron' policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power were pre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Antifascism

    The Course of a Crusade

    by Paul Gottfried ...
    "No doubt Gottfried's book will rank among the most scholarly and convincing responses to the delirium of the present."― ÉlémentsA conservative take on the antifascist movementAntifascism argues that current self-described antifascists are not struggling against a reappearance of interwar fascism, and that the Left that claims to be opposing fascism has little in common with any earlier Left, ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture

    Edited by Eva Kolinsky, Wilfried van der Will ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Culture
    One of the most intriguing questions of our time is how some of the masterpieces of modernity originated in a country in which personal liberty and democracy were slow to emerge. This Companion provides an authoritative account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialisation, the rise of mass society and the nation state. Newly written and researched by experts in their respective ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Africa’s Struggle for Its Art

    History of a Postcolonial Defeat

    by Bénédicte Savoy ...
    Translated by Susanne Meyer-Abich ...
    A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powersFor decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the ... Read more

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  • Borrowing Constitutional Designs

    Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic

    by Cindy Skach ...
    After the collapse of communism, some thirty countries scrambled to craft democratic constitutions. Surprisingly, the constitutional model they most often chose was neither the pure parliamentary model found in most of Western Europe at the time, nor the presidential model of the Americas. Rather, it was semi-presidentialism--a rare model known more generally as the "French type." This ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Weimar Publics/Weimar Subjects

    Rethinking the Political Culture of Germany in the 1920s

    Edited by Kerstin Barndt, Kristin McGuire, Kathleen Canning ...
    Series Book 2 - Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association
    In spite of having been short-lived, “Weimar” has never lost its fascination. Until recently the Weimar Republic’s place in German history was primarily defined by its catastrophic beginning and end - Germany’s defeat in 1918 and the Nazi seizure of power in 1933; its history seen mainly in terms of politics and as an arena of flawed decisions and failed compromises. However, a flourishing of ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture

    Edited by John Sandford ...
    With more than 1,100 entries written by an international group of over 150 contributors, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture brings together myriad strands of social, political and cultural life in the post-1945 German-speaking world.With a unique structure and format, an inclusive treatment of the concept of culture, and coverage of East, West and post-unification Germany, as well as ... Read more

    $82.99 USD