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9%OFFKaren Hagemann - Revisiting Prussia´s Wars against Napoleon: History, Culture, and Memory - 9780521152303 - V9780521152303
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Revisiting Prussia´s Wars against Napoleon: History, Culture, and Memory

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Description for Revisiting Prussia´s Wars against Napoleon: History, Culture, and Memory paperback. This book explores the history and the construction of memory in Prussia's and Germany's anti-Napoleonic wars of 1806-15. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela. Num Pages: 497 pages, 3 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; HBWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
In 2013, Germany celebrated the bicentennial of the so-called Wars of Liberation (1813–15). These wars were the culmination of the Prussian struggle against Napoleon between 1806 and 1815, which occupied a key position in German national historiography and memory. Although these conflicts have been analyzed in thousands of books and articles, much of the focus has been on the military campaigns and alliances. Karen Hagemann argues that we cannot achieve a comprehensive understanding of these wars and their importance in collective memory without recognizing how the interaction of politics, culture, and gender influenced these historical events and continue to shape ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
667g
Number of Pages
497
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521152303
SKU
V9780521152303
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About Karen Hagemann
Karen Hagemann is the James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has published widely in Modern German and European history, gender history and the history of military and war (19th-20th centuries) combining approaches from social, political and cultural history. Her books include: Frauenalltag und Männerpolitik. Alltagsleben und gesellschaftliches Handeln von Arbeiterfrauen in ... Read more

Reviews for Revisiting Prussia´s Wars against Napoleon: History, Culture, and Memory
'As one of the leading historians of gender and war, Karen Hagemann writes a masterful account of the Germanic wars against Napoleon in the era 1806–1815 and their place in subsequent collective memories. Weaving archival evidence on daily life experiences with interpretive sophistication of cultural artifacts, she assesses the place of the Napoleonic wars in the construction of Prussian-German nationalism ... Read more

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