Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad |
Steven E. Aschheim ISBN: 0691122237 The modern German-Jewish experience through the rise of Nazism in 1933 was characterized by an explosion of cultural and intellectual creativity. Yet well after that history has ended, the influence of Weimar German-Jewish intellectuals has become ever...(read more) |
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Don't Mention the World Cup |
Ed West ISBN: 1840245212 History of England-Germany Rivalry from the War to the World Cup. In 1945, German soldier Bert Trautmann escapes from capture by the Red Army only to be caught by the British Army and endure 'a fate vorse than death' - playing for Manchester City. In...(read more) |
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German Football |
Alan Tomlinson, Christopher Young ISBN: 0415351960 History, Culture, Society and the World Cup 2006. Major sporting events hosted by Germany have historically been highly charged and culturally significant occasions. 2006 sees the Football World Cup return to Germany, where much has changed since the...(read more) |
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Germany: The Heart of Europe |
Sabine Kieslich ISBN: 8854401633 Armchair travellers will appreciate the spectacular photography and informative text in this impressive tribute to Germany. This volume presents a comprehensive portrait of a country rich in variety, including photographs and text highlighting places...(read more) |
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Naked Germany: Health, Race and the Nation |
Chad Ross ISBN: 1859738664 Twentieth-century efforts to create a fit and racially pure Germany, most clearly evident in the policies of Nazi Germany, tended to focus almost entirely on re-forming the national body while paying little attention to the personal body. The...(read more) |
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Planet Germany |
Cathy Dobson ISBN: 1906210489 After a decade of living in Germany, a chaotic British family makes a New Year's resolution to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the local culture. The process is complicated as the mother is founding a business with a German partner who is convinced...(read more) |
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Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany |
Dagmar Herzog ISBN: 0691130396 What is the relationship between sexual and other kinds of politics? Few societies have posed this puzzle as urgently, or as disturbingly, as Nazi Germany. What exactly were Nazism's sexual politics? Were they repressive for everyone, or were some...(read more) |
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans |
Ben Barkow, Stefan Zeidenitz ISBN: 1902825292 This is one of a series of guides designed to tell the truth about other nations, using sweeping generalizations and observations as a base, detailing what to expect and how to cope with it. The guides try to explain why things are done the way they are...(read more) |
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