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Book Masters and Lords

    Book Details:
  • Author : Shearer Davis Bowman
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1993-04-29
  • ISBN : 0195363949
  • Pages : 374 pages

Download or read book Masters and Lords written by Shearer Davis Bowman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-04-29 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the regional landed elites in the Western World of the mid-1800s, the two most formidable were the owners of slave plantations in the Southern states of the U.S. and the proprietors of manorial estates in the provinces of Prussian East Elbia. Masters and Lords surveys the economic, social, and political histories of the two classes from the seventeenth and sixteenth centuries respectively, and pays particular attention to planters during the secession crisis of 1860-61 and to Junkers during the revolutionary crisis of 1848-49. In the process, Bowman grapples with such ambiguous and contentious concepts as capitalism, conservatism, and paternalism. Despite very different labor systems, antebellum planters and contemporaneous Junkers alike presided over landed estates that functioned as both autocratic political communities and agricultural enterprises exporting valuable commodities to industrializing England. This book also highlights important geographic, demographic, and political contrasts between the South and East Elbia as regional societies. Bowman concludes that the crucial distinction between the two landed elites is to be found in the Junkers' militarist and estatist monarchism versus the planters' libertarian but racist republicanism.

Book Boatmen s Bank of Benton V  Browning

Download or read book Boatmen s Bank of Benton V Browning written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Frontsoldaten

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  • Author : Stephen G. Fritz
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2010-09-12
  • ISBN : 0813127815
  • Pages : 311 pages

Download or read book Frontsoldaten written by Stephen G. Fritz and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.I believe that true heroism lies in bearing this dreadful everyday life." In exploring the reality of the Landser, the average German soldier in World War II, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, Stephen G. Fritz provides the definitive account of the everyday war of the German front soldier. The personal documents of these soldiers, most from the Russian front, where the majority of German infantrymen saw service, paint a richly textured portrait of the Landser that illustrates the complexity and paradox of his daily life. Although clinging to a self-image as a decent fellow, the German soldier nonetheless committed terrible crimes in the name of National Socialism. When the war was finally over, and his country lay in ruins, the Landser faced a bitter truth: all his exertions and sacrifices had been in the name of a deplorable regime that had committed unprecedented crimes. With chapters on training, images of combat, living conditions, combat stress, the personal sensations of war, the bonds of comradeship, and ideology and motivation, Fritz offers a sense of immediacy and intimacy, revealing war through the eyes of these self-styled "little men." A fascinating look at the day-to-day life of German soldiers, this is a book not about war but about men. It will be vitally important for anyone interested in World War II, German history, or the experiences of common soldiers throughout the world.

Book LIFE

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968-07-19
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1968-07-19 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Book A Pioneer History of Becker County  Minnesota

Download or read book A Pioneer History of Becker County Minnesota written by Alvin H. Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical book providing a brief account of Becker County's natural history, along with numerous articles written by various early pioneers relating to the history of the county.

Book Schmidt   Theyer

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  • Author : Walther Killy
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
  • Release : 2011-11-30
  • ISBN : 3110966298
  • Pages : 749 pages

Download or read book Schmidt Theyer written by Walther Killy and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Dictionary of German National Biography" is unique, complete and comprehensive with biographies of 60,000 people from the German-speaking world. It covers not only individuals from Germany but also from Austria, Switzerland and other countries where German is or used to be spoken. Coverage stretches all the way from the time of Charlemagne to the present day and includes lesser-known as well as world-famous Germans. In order to ensure that entries were as objective as possible, only individuals whose life and works have come to an end were included.

Book North Eastern Reporter

Download or read book North Eastern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bismarck

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  • Author : C. Grant Robertson, M.A., C.V.O.
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 554 pages

Download or read book Bismarck written by C. Grant Robertson, M.A., C.V.O. and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bismarck

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  • Author : Sir Charles Grant Robertson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 566 pages

Download or read book Bismarck written by Sir Charles Grant Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the military tactics, maneuvers, and results of both major and minor land battles of the Revolutionary War from Lexington and Concord to Yorktown.

Book The Choates of Southern Illinois and Related Families

Download or read book The Choates of Southern Illinois and Related Families written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Making of Prussia

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  • Author : Gertha von Dieckmann
  • Publisher : Texianer Verlag
  • Release : 2020-05-06
  • ISBN : 0463103009
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book The Making of Prussia written by Gertha von Dieckmann and published by Texianer Verlag. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many heroes have been lost to history and this book attempts to bring the reader's attention to two great men who by working in harmony were able to transform the fate of Prussia. Gertha von Dieckmann originally wrote this book in German in 1930. Today, the book contains so many intimate insights into the workings in the administration of the Prussian states during and after the French occupation that it has become relevant for the modern reader. For the first time this work has been now translated into English and will provide valuable insights into the background which undoubtedly led up to the catastrophic events of the twentieth century. To make it even more informative, a considerable number of additional notes about personalities and events have been added in this English edition.This book is the result of considerable effort and research and I hope the reader will become fascinated when learning of how these two gentlemen rubbed shoulders with the kings and emperors of their time and even married into royalty. Karl Stein's wife was even the granddaughter of the King of England, he was a friend of the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia. Hated by Napoleon, he fled Prussia as his close friend Sack closely escaped execution. Nevertheless, their efforts were finally to change the face of Prussia, Germany and Europe and probably the world.

Book Trieglaff

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  • Author : Rudolf von Thadden
  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • Release : 2013-09-01
  • ISBN : 0857459287
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book Trieglaff written by Rudolf von Thadden and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the lens of five generations of Thaddens, this book tells the history of Trieglaff, the village and family estate located in what is now western Poland, from Napoleon’s occupation in 1807 to the Red Army’s invasion in 1945 and until the departure of the last Thaddens in 1948. At the center of this history of Trieglaff society, economy, politics, and culture is the von Thadden family, notably, Adolph Ferdinand von Thadden, the head of the pietistic revival in Pomerania, and Reinold von Thadden-Trieglaff, the founder of the German Protestant Kirchentag. It intertwines family history with the political history of Germany through its description of Otto von Bismarck’s close associations with Trieglaff in the 19th century and its deliberation of the execution of Elisabeth von Thadden, arising out of her resistance to the Nazis, in the 20th century. The source material is richly supplemented by family records kept by “Trieglaffers” in America and from correspondence between Pomerania and America. The book examines the lives of individuals as well as socio-economic and cultural structures, depicting the dynamic changes that the village experienced throughout some 150 years of German and European history; it might be called world history in microcosm. As juxtaposition of formal history and remembered history, it is a serious scholarly source as well as an engaging read.

Book Dr  Amandus Crull of Jefferson County  Missouri

Download or read book Dr Amandus Crull of Jefferson County Missouri written by Albert John Crull and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography and a genealogy of Amandus Leo Friedericus Victor Crull and his ancestors and descendants. He was born 26 Aug 1820 in Warin, Mecklinberg the son of Johann Georg Friedrich Crull and Johanna Josephine von Stein. He came to America in 1840. He married 9 Apr 1847 Mary Ann McFry in Missouri. He died 23 Mar 1890.

Book Midwestern Heritage

Download or read book Midwestern Heritage written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Matriarch of Conspiracy

Download or read book Matriarch of Conspiracy written by Jane Pejsa and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 50 Women against Hitler

Download or read book 50 Women against Hitler written by Stephan D. Yada-Mc Neal and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in the resistance is to this day a barely treated topic of the historiography of World War II. But many successful actions of the Allies, the knowledge of German activities would not have been possible without the perilous use of women. Whether as spies, as couriers of important news, in the supply and accommodation of resistance fighters or refugee soldiers of the Allies, without the energetic help of women many lives would have been lost. This book tries to use examples of women from different countries to record how active and sometimes very effective their work was. But this book also commemorates those women who lost their lives in this fight against oppression, occupation and barbarism.

Book Current Biography

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1959
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 562 pages

Download or read book Current Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: