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Paperback. This text looks at the star system under the Third Reich. Following the experiments of Weimar, much of cinema after 1933 became part of a wider Nazi backlash against modernism in all its forms. This study contributes to contemporary debates concerning the historical study of film spectatorship. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 7264.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851708836
ISBN
9780851708836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.79

Hardback. For Anglo-American observers in particular, the legacies of two world wars still powerfully define 20th-century German history. This volume collects insightful studies from leading scholars that suggest new ways for understanding Germany from a transatlantic perspective. Editor(s): Jarausch, Konrard; Wenzel, Harald; Goihl, Karin. Num Pages: 308 pages, 4 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 331 x 2. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334306
ISBN
9781785334306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.34

Hardcover. In the 1930s the Nazis established a band of archaeologists, the SS-Ahnenerbe, under the command of Himmler, to prove the superiority of the Aryan race, and the right of the German people to rule Europe. This is the story of the expeditions, part 'science,' part espionage, and part fantasy, from the mountains of Tibet to the lost world of Atlantis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555002
ISBN
9781781555002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 23.09

Hardback. This book investigates the influence of foreign policy on nation-building in West Africa in the context of both the Cold War and European integration. This work should be essential reading for students of African studies, International Relations and the post-colonial world. Series: International Library of African Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DF; 1HFJA; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857773
ISBN
9781848857773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.72
€ 133.93

Hardcover. This volume explores the discursive nature of post-1989 social change in Central and Eastern Europe. Through a set of national case studies, the construction of post-communist transformation is explored from the point of view of accelerating and unique dynamics of linguistic and discursive practices. Editor(s): Galasinska, Aleksandra; Krzyzanowski, Michal. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230521025
ISBN
9780230521025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Hardback. Presents the life-worlds and personal experiences of workers and employees in three enterprises in East Berlin at the moment of political and economic upheaval. This book sets out in 1989 at the moment of the fall of the Berlin Wall, witnessing the confrontations with the market economy and examining the reinterpretations of the socialist past. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; KCS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452179
ISBN
9781845452179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.46

Paperback. Captures the fall of the Berlin Wall and unveils myths and promises of liberal market economy from the perspective of those who lived through the break down of the planned economy at their workplaces in East Berlin. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPN; KCF; KCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455064
ISBN
9781845455064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.90

Hardcover. The history of postwar German cinema has most often been told as a story of failure, a failure paradoxically epitomized by the remarkable popularity of film throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. Through the analysis of 10 representative films, Hester Baer reassesses this period.. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456054
ISBN
9781845456054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.31

Paperback. The history of postwar German cinema has most often been told as a story of failure, a failure paradoxically epitomized by the remarkable popularity of film throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. Through the analysis of 10 representative films, Hester Baer reassesses this period, looking in particular at how the attempt to dismantle the dream factory Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857456175
ISBN
9780857456175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.40

Paperback. Examines the making of the first modern catalogue - La galerie electorale de Dusseldorff. This book showcases this one of the most important European painting collections of the eighteenth century, reflecting a pivotal moment in the history of art as well as the history of the art museum. Num Pages: 104 pages, 70 colour illustrations & 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DFG; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 206 x 8. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060926
ISBN
9781606060926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of the century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, this work recounts the history and demise of East Germany. It explains the causes for the disintegration of German communism as it constructs the complex history of the GDR. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691007465
ISBN
9780691007465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.77
€ 49.67

Hardback. An innovative study of the ways in which Germans of different ages and life stages lived through the violent eruptions of the two world wars, and through the dictatorships of Nazism and then Communism that succeeded them. Num Pages: 528 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 45. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199287208
ISBN
9780199287208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Misselwitz, Charlotte; Siebeck, Cornelia. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837612738
ISBN
9783837612738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.87

Hardback. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JFFP; JFSG; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137586025
ISBN
9781137586025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.91

Hardcover. Early modern Central Europe was the continent's most decentralized region politically and its most diverse ethnically and culturally. With the onset of the Reformation, it also became Europe's most religiously divided territory and potentially its most explosive in terms of confessional conflict and war.. Editor(s): Louthan, Howard; Cohen, Gary B.; Szabo, Franz A. J. Series: Austrian Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451088
ISBN
9780857451088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.58

paperback. When the Berlin wall fell and the reunification of Germany began, Willy Brandt predicted that 'what belongs together will now grow together.'This study of Berlin's police force in the aftermath of reunification shows that forty years of separation left the nation with deep rifts. Num Pages: 383 pages, 16 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; GTB; HBJD; HBLW3; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297842
ISBN
9780226297842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 383 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403961556
ISBN
9781403961556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.53

Paperback. The Allied agreement after the Second World War did not only partition Germany, it divided the nation along the fault-lines of a new bipolar world order. This inner border made Germany a unique place to experience the Cold War, and the "German question" in this post-1945 variant remained inextricably entwined with the vicissitudes of the Cold War. Editor(s): Hoscherf, Tobias; Laucht, Christoph; Plowman, Andrew. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380993
ISBN
9781782380993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

Paperback. Series: DK Eyewitness Pocket Map and Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 73 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82.
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
6th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241256954
ISBN
9780241256954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99

Paperback. Leads you to the best attractions Hamburg has to offer. This title includes cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of Hamburg's architecture, and 3D aerial views of the key districts to explore on foot. It offers detailed street views of all the key areas, and there are transport maps and information on how to get around Hamburg, and more. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241208304
ISBN
9780241208304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

paperback. Looks at the images which convey a glimpse of day-to-day life and evoke the claustrophobia, rage, envy and ideological pomp of the Communist era as well as its unexpected personal warmth, tenderness and exoticism. This book charts this history of European photography. Num Pages: 112 pages, 110 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornerhouse Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955047817
ISBN
9780955047817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.13

Paperback. In Doctors of Empire, Hoi-eun Kim recounts the story of the almost 1,200 Japanese medical students who rushed to German universities to learn cutting-edge knowledge from the world leaders in medicine, and of the dozen German physicians who were invited to Japan to transform the country's medical institutions and education. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DFG; HBJD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487521455
ISBN
9781487521455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.16

Paperback. In this history of medicine and the medical profession in the Third Reich, the author examines the career patterns, educational training, professional organization, and political socialization of German physicians under Hitler. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 tables, 2 figures, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFDX; HBJD; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807848586
ISBN
9780807848586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.88

Hardcover. Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were entangled with professional, legal and social issues. This book shows how doctors' ethical decision-making was led by their notions of male honour, professional politics and a paternalistic doctor-patient relationship rather than concern for patients' interests or the right of the sick to self-determination. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; MBDC; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553309
ISBN
9780230553309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

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