Download or read book Secret Germany written by Robert E. Norton and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stefan George (1868–1933) was one of the most important and influential poets to have written in German. His work, in its originality and impact, easily ranks with that of Goethe, Holderlin, or Rilke. Yet George's reach extended far beyond the sphere of literature. Particularly during his last three decades, George gathered around himself a group of men who subscribed to his homoerotic and idiosyncratic vision of life and sought to transform that vision into reality. George considered his circle to be the embodiment and defender of the "real" but "secret" Germany, opposed to the false values of contemporary bourgeois society. Some of his disciples, friends, and admirers were themselves historians, philosophers, and poets. Their works profoundly affected the intellectual and cultural attitudes of Germany's elite during the critical postwar years of the Weimar Republic. Essentially conservative in temperament and outlook, George and his circle occupy a central, but problematic, place in the rise of proto-fascism in Germany. Their own surrogate state offered a miniature model of a future German state: enthusiastic followers submitting themselves without question to the figure and will of a charismatic leader believed to be in possession of mysterious, even quasi-divine, powers.When he died several months after the Nazi takeover, George was one of the most famous and revered figures in Germany. Today the importance of George and his circle has largely been forgotten. In this, the first full biography of George to appear in any language, Robert E. Norton traces the poet's life and rise to fame.
Download or read book Germans written by George Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1979* with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Germany written by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Germans written by George Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published 20 years ago, this book has been revised and reissued to reflect the changes that have taken place in Germany since then and more particularly since reunification in 1990. The book examines the vexed question of German nationhood, and asks whether the new unified Germany is free of the influences that have made German nationalism such a menace in the past.
Download or read book Germany written by Hagen Schulze and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Germany, covering two thousand years from the revolt of the indigenous tribes against Roman domination to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Download or read book A History of Germany written by Friedrich Kohlrausch and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Concise History of Germany written by Francis Russell and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1973 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Germany from the Earliest Times written by Charlton Thomas Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shortest History of Germany written by James Hawes and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2,000 years of history in one riveting afternoon A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871—yet today, Germany is the world’s fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal democracy. “There’s no point studying the past unless it sheds some light on the present,” writes James Hawes in this brilliantly concise history that has already captivated hundreds of thousands of readers. “It is time, now more than ever, for us all to understand the real history of Germany.”
Download or read book A History of Germany from the Earliest Times written by Charlton Thomas Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Germany Calling written by Mary Kenny and published by New Island Books. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rounded portrait of William Joyce, better known as Lord Haw-Haw. It follows his life from Irish peasant to a broadcaster for the Third Reich and covers his trial and execution.
Download or read book Germany s Hitler written by Heinz A Heinz and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most suppressed English-language books ever to emerge from Germany: the 1938 authorized biography of Adolf Hitler. The author interviewed Hitler's old school friends, army colleagues, landlords, his jailer, and early party comrades to provide an unprecedented insight into the German leader's background and prewar policies.
Download or read book Young Folks History of Germany written by Charlotte M. Yonge and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1878.
Download or read book The Last Kaiser written by Michael Sidney Tyler-Whittle and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Imperial Germany 1871 1918 written by Volker Rolf Berghahn and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of German society in this period, providing a broad survey of its development. The volume is thematically organized and designed to give easy access to the major topics and issues of the Bismarkian and Wilhelmine eras. The statistical appendix contains a wide range of social, economic and political data. Written with the English-speaking student in mind, this book is likely to become a widely used text for this period, incorporating as it does twenty years of further research on the German Empire since the appearance of Hans-Ulrich Wehler's classic work.
Download or read book A Brief History of Germany written by Jason Philip Coy and published by Brief History Of... (Checkmark. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive exploration of the many events and figures that comprise Germany's history. The story of Germany, a key player in global diplomatic and economic affairs, is crucial to our understanding of global history and the contemporary world. Covering more than 2,000 years of history, A Brief History of Germany provides a concise account of the events, people, and special customs and traditions that have shaped Germany from ancient times to the present. Basic facts, a chronology, a bibliography, and a list of suggested readings round out this insightful and comprehensive resource. Coverage includes: Formation of a distinctive German language and culture during the Germanic migrations and the confrontation with Rome Consolidation of medieval principalities in the wake of the collapse of Carolingian authority and the construction of the Holy Roman Empire Tumultuous events of the Reformation and the devastation of the Thirty Years' War Unification of Germany Rise of Prussian imperialism in the 19th century The two world wars, the rise of Nazism, and the Holocaust Experience of a divided Germany during the cold war The country's eventual reunification as the Federal Republic of Germany Contemporary Germany.
Download or read book Adenauer written by Charles Williams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-06-21 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Acclaim for ADENAUER "A gripping narrative . . . brings to life an intriguing historical figure . . . an enthralling perspective on the processes that shaped the postwar world." --Daily Telegraph (London) "Charts the ironies of Adenauer's complicated life. This is the story of a marathon man, but it is narrated at the pace of a sprinter and with the elegance of a hurdler."--The Times (London) "Lucid and engaging. This is a well-researched and elegantly written volume which deserves a wider readership than the purely political."--The Herald (Glasgow) "A highly readable, thoroughly reliable, intelligently critical life-and-times. . . . This portrait does justice to a man who is often invoked as a prophet of a United States of Europe, but who was in truth the greatest of German patriots."--Literary Review (London) "Well-researched and admirably written . . . reveals Adenauer the man--with all his authority and strength, his persistence and endurance, and his streak of ruthlessness and political cunning."--The Independent (London) THE LAST GREAT FRENCHMAN "Knowledgeable, lucid . . . the best English biography of de Gaulle."--The New York Times Book Review "Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near to a great book."--Daily Telegraph (London)
