Download or read book Germany and Austria 1996 written by and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 1995-12-26 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austria and Germany in one volume, featuring inexpensive restaurants and lodgings, and a range of outdoor activities, including skiing and biking. Since reunification, Germany has undergone social, political and cultural change and the city of Berlin is one of the subjects of in-depth coverage.
Download or read book Illustrated and Literary Periodicals from Germany and Austria written by John Benjamins Antiquariat (Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rick Steves Germany Austria Switzerland 1996 written by Rick Steves and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe written by Jonathan Barry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important collection brings together both established figures and new researchers to offer fresh perspectives on the ever-controversial subject of the history of witchcraft. Using Keith Thomas's Religion and the Decline of Magic as a starting point, the contributors explore the changes of the last twenty-five years in the understanding of early modern witchcraft, and suggest new approaches, especially concerning the cultural dimensions of the subject. Witchcraft cases must be understood as power struggles, over gender and ideology as well as social relationships, with a crucial role played by alternative representations. Witchcraft was always a contested idea, never fully established in early modern culture but much harder to dislodge than has usually been assumed. The essays are European in scope, with examples from Germany, France, and the Spanish expansion into the New World, as well as a strong core of English material.
Download or read book The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria written by David Art and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that Germans and Austrians have dealt with the Nazi past very differently and these differences have had important consequences for political culture and partisan politics in the two countries. Drawing on different literatures in political science, Art builds a framework for understanding how public deliberation transforms the political environment in which it occurs. The book analyzes how public debates about the 'lessons of history' created a culture of contrition in Germany that prevented a resurgent far right from consolidating itself in German politics after unification. By contrast, public debates in Austria nourished a culture of victimization that provided a hospitable environment for the rise of right-wing populism. The argument is supported by evidence from nearly two hundred semi-structured interviews and an analysis of the German and Austrian print media over a twenty-year period.
Download or read book When Hitler Took Austria written by Kurt von Schuschnigg and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the lives of Kurt von Schuschnigg, son of the former Austrian Chancellor, and his family during the time of the Anschluss and how their faith helped them survive these difficult times.
Download or read book Parties and Elections in Germany and Austria written by Wolfram Nordsieck and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PARTIES AND ELECTIONS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA is a comprehensive reference guide to the federal parliamentary elections and federal governments in Germany and Austria since 1918, the state elections and state governments since 1945, the elections to the European Parliament and to all major and several minor political parties. The guide includes basic data of these parties (founding years, political orientations, affiliations to political parties at European level, European Parliament groups and political internationals) and a chronological summary of their history (predecessors, name changes, mergers and splits).
Download or read book Germany and Austria 1814 2000 written by Mark Allinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for German majors taking courses in German history, this book offers a straightforward narrative history, with an emphasis on understanding major developments, their causes and the relationships between them. It includes extracts from historical documents, timelines, and an annotated futher reading list.
Download or read book Edinburgh German Yearbook 14 written by Frauke Matthes and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the heightened role of politics in contemporary German and Austrian cultural productions and institutions and what it means for German Studies.
Download or read book Spelling Trouble written by Sally A. Johnson and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book Sally Johnson explores the linguistic, cultural and political issues underpinning the constitutional challenge brought by various individuals and groups against the reform. Drawing on sociolinguistic theories of language ideology, Johnson critically analyses the conflicting views of language that were produced, reproduced and challenged in the course of this dispute. At the same time her book attempts to situate those ideologies, together with the dispute as a whole, within the wider historical context of state involvement in the standardisation of German orthography from the mid-19th century onwards." "Spelling Trouble? will be of interest to speakers and students of German as well as sociolinguists studying language politics, language planning and language ideology."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria written by Gabriele Mueller and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last decade, contemporary German and Austrian cinema has grappled with new social and economic realities. The “cinema of consensus,” a term coined to describe the popular and commercially oriented filmmaking of the 1990s, has given way to a more heterogeneous and critical cinema culture. Making the greatest artistic impact since the 1970s, contemporary cinema is responding to questions of globalization and the effects of societal and economic change on the individual. This book explores this trend by investigating different thematic and aesthetic strategies and alternative methods of film production and distribution. Functioning both as a product and as an agent of globalizing processes, this new cinema mediates and influences important political and social debates. The contributors illuminate these processes through their analyses of cinema’s intervention in discourses on such concepts as “national cinema,” the effects of globalization on social mobility, and the emergence of a “global culture.” The essays illustrate the variety and inventiveness of contemporary Austrian and German filmmaking and highlight the complicated interdependencies between global developments and local specificities. They confirm a broader trend toward a more complex, critical, and formally diverse cinematic scene. This book offers insights into the strategies employed by German and Austrian filmmakers to position themselves between the commercial pressures of the film industry and the desire to mediate or even attempt to affect social change. It will be of interest to scholars in film studies, cultural studies, and European studies.
Download or read book Germany and Austria since 1814 written by Mark Allinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Germany and Austria since 1814 presents an accessible overview of the distinctive historical experiences undergone by both Germany and Austria during this period. Beginning in 1814 with the Congress of Vienna and ending two centuries later with the consequences and ongoing challenges of German and European unification, this book focuses on political history and traces the development of liberal parliamentary democracy in Germany and Austria through to the modern Federal Republic of Germany and Second Austrian Republic, contextualising the Nazi period in both countries. Particular emphasis has been placed on exploring major developments, their causes, and the relationships between them. Fully revised, this new edition has been expanded to include a new final chapter outlining developments in both Germany and Austria from 1990 to the current day, including recent elections, as well as modifications and updates to other earlier chapters. Features include: Nine chapters, each analysing a distinct historical period and providing a timeline of the key events for quick reference and orientation Overviews of the main developments in European and World history at the beginning of each chapter, providing international context crucial to a broader understanding of historical events Authentic extracts from contemporary German political texts in the original language Topics for discussion provided in every chapter A guide to further reading and key internet resources for further research A combined glossary of German terms. Germany and Austria since 1814 provides the essential historical context necessary for an understanding of these pivotal European countries today. It will be invaluable for undergraduate students taking courses in German, History and Area Studies.
Download or read book Germany written by Library of Congress. Federal Research Division and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 1996 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 3 1990 Germany's unification brought together a people separated for more than four decades by the division of Europe into hostile blocs, in the aftermath of World War II. This study attempts to review Germany's history and treat, in a concise and objective manner, its dominant social, poltical, economic and military aspects.
Download or read book Ring of Steel written by Alexander Watson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: fers a groundbreaking account of World War I from the other side of the continent, brilliantly covering the major military events and the day-to-day life which resulted in the destruction of one empire, and the moral collapse of another
Download or read book Remembering and Forgetting Nazism written by Peter Utgaard and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Myth of Austrian victimization at the hands of both Nazi Germany and the Allies became the unifying theme of Austrian official memory and a key component of national identity as a new Austria emerged from the ruins. In the 1980s, Austria's myth of victimization came under intense scrutiny in the wake of the Waldheim scandal that marked the beginning of its erosion. The fiftieth anniversary of the Anschluß in 1988 accelerated this process and resulted in a collective shift away from the victim myth. Important themes examined include the rebirth of Austria, the Anschluß, the war and the Holocaust, the Austrian resistance, and the Allied occupation. The fragmentation of Austrian official memory since the late 1980s coincided with the dismantling of the Conservative and Social Democratic coalition, which had defined Austrian politics in the postwar period. Through the eyes of the Austrian school system, this book examines how postwar Austria came to terms with the Second World War.
Download or read book Tito Mihailovi and the Allies 1941 1945 written by Walter R. Roberts and published by New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rise of Political Anti semitism in Germany Austria written by Peter G. J. Pulzer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand the 20th century, we must know the 19th. It was then that an ancient prejudice was forged into a modern political weapon. How and why this happened is shown in this classic study by Peter Pulzer, first published in 1964 and now reprinted with a new Introduction by the author.
