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Bismarck
by A J P Taylor  Publisher Comments A reevaluation of Bismarck's motives and methods, focusing on the chancellor's rise to power in the 1860's and his removal from office in 1890....
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The Last Kaiserf Glory
by Giles Macdonogh Publisher Comments Prussia's last king and Germany's last Kaiser was born in Potsdam on January 27, 1859, the son of Prince Frederick of Prussia and Princess Vicky, Queen Victoria's eldest child. William was born with a withered arm and suffered from cerebral palsy; many...
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To Ruhleben—And Back
by Geoffery Pyke Publisher Comments Geoffrey Pyke was one of the 20th century's most brilliant eccentrics?a mad genius who persuaded FDR and Churchill to build giant aircraft carriers out of ice, a misfit wizard who founded and funded progressive education in Great Britain by seizing...
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Ludwig II of Bavaria: The Swan King
by Christophe Mcintosh Book News Annotation This biography of Ludwig II covers such aspects of the Bavarian monarch's life as his well-known patronage of Wagner, his construction of elaborate castles, his homosexual tendencies, his alleged madness, the true nature of his death, and reportedly...
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German Army League: Popular Nationalism in Wilhelmine Germany
by Marilyn She Coetzee Publisher Comments The German Army League was the last in a chain of patriotic societies created to combat socialism and pacifism in pre-World War I Germany. Founded in 1912, it was important in strengthening the resolve of those in Germany who wanted war, mostly as a...
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Wilhelm Marr: The Patriarch of Antisemitism (Studies in Jewish History)
by Moshe Zimmerman Publisher Comments The creation of the term "anti-Semitism" a century ago signalled a turning point in the history of Jew-hatred, marking the division between the classical, Christian hatred of Jews and the modern, politically-rooted racist attitudes. This is the first...
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An Uncommon Woman
by Hannah Pakula Publisher Comments An epic story of wars and revolutions, of the rise and fall of royal families, and of the birth of modern Germany is brilliantly told through the lives of the couple in the eye of the storm--Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, and her handsome, idealistic...
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Berlin Childhood Around 1900
by Walter Benjamin Publisher Comments Not an autobiography in the customary sense, Benjamin's recollection of his childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish home in Berlin's West End at the turn of the century is translated into English for the first time in book form....
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German Empire 1871 1919 Rise & Fall Of
by Michael Sturmer Synopsis A concise account of the German Empire, founded by Bismarck, from its proclamation at Versailles in 1871 to its final dissolution, also at Versailles, in 1919....
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The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town
by Helmut Walser Smith Synopsis In 1900, in the German Empire, the body of a murdered boy is found frozen beneath the ice. Using new material, Smith has pieced together the web of false stories and accusations that engulfed the Prussian town. "The Butcher's Tale" anticipates the Nazi...
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Restoration, Revolution, Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany 1815-1871
by Theodore S Hamerow Review Most of the works in English devoted to nineteenth century German historical development tend to emphasize the political and ideological aspects of liberalism, reaction, and nationalism. In this excellent volume Dr. Hamerow turns his attention to the...
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The Inverted Mirror
by Michael E. Nolan Book News Annotation Nolan (Western Connecticut State U.) examines recurrent themes in the public presentation in France and Germany of the image of the enemy during the decade and a half before World War I. He finds that the qualities each country ascribed to its chief...
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The Rise of Political Anti-Semitism in Germany and Austria, Revised Edition
by Peter G J Pulzer Book News Annotation **** A revision of Pulzer's classic first published by Wiley in 1964 (which is cited in BCL3), and now published with a new introduction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Bismarck (Life×)
by Volker Ullrich Synopsis A biography of a man who defined an era in European history...
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The Last Kaiser
by Giles Macdonogh Publisher Comments Germany's last kaiser was born in Potsdam on January 27, 1859, the son of Prince Frederick of Prussia and Princess Vicky, Queen Victoria's eldest child. William was born with a withered arm---possibly the result of cerebral palsy---and many historians...
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Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years, 1830-1910
by Richard J Evans Publisher Comments The story of the "cholera years" is tragically revealing of the age's social inequalities and governmental incompetence. The death of 10,000 people within six weeks in Hamburg offers disquieting parallels with the world's public-health landscape today....
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The Wild Child: The Unsolved Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (Free Press Paperbacks)
by Jeffrey Mous Masson Publisher Comments Kept in a dungeon for his entire childhood, Kaspar Hauser appeared in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1828 at age 16, barely able to walk or talk. When he was killed in 1833, his true identity and the motives for his unsolved murder became the subjects of intense...
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The German Empire: A Short History
by Michael Sturmer Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-145 and index....
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Bismarck and German Empire, 1871-1918 (2ND 06 Edition)
by Abrams Publisher Comments Fully updated and expanded in response to the latest research in the area, with a new introduction, and a further reading section which hosts a guide to useful websites, this is a concise and accessible introduction to a key period in German history....
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Popular Entertainment, Class, and Politics in Munich, 1900-1923
by Robert Sackett Publisher Comments From the turn of the century until 1923, the year of the National Socialist putsch, popular entertainment in Munich reflected the sentiments and ideas of its largely middle-class audience....
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