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Militarized Cultural Encounters in the Long Nineteenth Century
This book explores European soldiers’ encounters with their continent’s exotic frontiers from the French Revolution to the First World War. In numerous military expeditions to Italy, Spain, Russia, Greece and the ‘Levant’ they found wild landscapes and strange societies inhabited by peoples who needed to be ‘civilized.’ Yet often they also discovered founding sites of Europe’s own ‘civilization’ (Rome, Jerusalem) or decaying reminders of ancient grandeur. The resulting encounters proved seminal in forging a military version of the ‘civilizing mission’ that shaped Europe’s image of itself as well as its relations with its own periphery during the long nineteenth century.
Harmful and Undesirable
"The first English-language study of book censorship in Nazi Germany, this book describes the way in which various state and party organizations in Germany exerted control over the creation, publication, and distribution of books. By presenting the fate of authors and publishers who came into conflict with the organs of censorship it sheds light on intellectual life under the Nazi dictatorship"--
Encyclopedia of Library History
First Published in 1994. This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an institution. Its contents assume no single theoretical foundation or philosophical perspective but instead reflect the richly diverse opinions of its many contributors. This text is intended to serve as a reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students interested in library history, for library school educators whose teaching requires knowledge of the historical development of library institutions, services, and user groups, and for practicing library professionals.
Libraries & Culture
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IFLA Communications
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1979-1990
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Erlesenes von Georg Ruppelt
Sie ist eine Institution genau wie ihr Autor: Die Glosse unseres langjährigen und verdienten Autors Dr. Georg Ruppelt in unserer Fachzeitschrift b.i.t.online. Seit dem Heft 1/2009 erfahren wir in den Glossen von Georg Ruppelt in jeder Ausgabe von b.i.t.online Neues, Amüsantes und Lesenswertes aus der bunten Welt der Bibliotheken und ihrer Bestände: also aus der Literatur schlechthin. Die Beiträge unseres Glossisten haben meist einen historischen Rahmen. Es sind häufig Rückblicke und Eindrücke. Immer jedoch stellt Georg Ruppelt einen Bezug her zur Gegenwart, zu aktuellen Fragen unserer Profession oder zu einem anderen, aktuell diskutierten Thema. Hin und wieder nahm uns der Glossist au...
