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Transatlantic Images and Perceptions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 388

Transatlantic Images and Perceptions

This 1997 book analyses how German and American views of each other developed, providing a fresh analysis of an often complex relationship.

Carrimebac, the Town That Walked
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 43

Carrimebac, the Town That Walked

A stunning feat of original storytelling from the recipient of the 2018 John Steptoe New Talent Author Award In a boldly transportive original tale, David Barclay Moore infuses history with wry folk wisdom, metaphorical power, and a splash of magic. The Civil War may be over, but times are not substantially improved for the freed Black citizens of Walkerton, Georgia, who are shunned by the white folks of the surrounding towns. One day, though, ol' Rootilla Redgums and her grandson, Julius Jefferson, arrive. Rootilla teaches the citizens of Walkerton how to make all sorts of beautiful things, and the white people can't get enough. But some aren't so happy. When a hooded mob threatens to burn down the town, Julius and Rootilla must work wonders to protect Walkerton and its people—even if it means moving heaven and earth itself. With exquisite cinematic illustrations by John Holyfield and a generous trim size, this portrait of Black endurance draws on the rhythms and traditions of African American storytelling to open a powerful window into the past.

The Stars Beneath Our Feet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

"The right story at the right time. . . . It’s not just a narrative; it’s an experience. It’s the novel we’ve been waiting for." —The New York Times A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother’s death in this outstanding debut novel that celebrates community and creativity. Winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent and soon to be a major motion picture directed by Michael B. Jordan! It’s Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren’t celebrating. They’re still reeling from his older brother’s death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. Then Lolly’s mot...

Frederick William IV and the Prussian Monarchy, 1840-1861
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 372

Frederick William IV and the Prussian Monarchy, 1840-1861

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  • Published: 1995
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  • Publisher: Unknown

This study of the reign of Frederick William IV, King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861, focuses on the structures, institutions and transformations of the monarchial system in Prussia during a time of revolutionary change.

The Oxford History of Modern German Theology, Volume 1: 1781-1848
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 735

The Oxford History of Modern German Theology, Volume 1: 1781-1848

From the closing decades of the eighteenth century, German theology has been a major intellectual force within modern western thought, closely connected to important developments in idealism, romanticism, historicism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics. Despite its influential legacy, however, no recent attempts have sought to offer an overview of its history and development. Oxford History of Modern German Theology, Vol. I: 1781-1848, the first of a three-volume series, provides the most comprehensive multi-authored overview of German theology from the period from 1781-1848. Kaplan and Vander Schel cover categories frequently omitted from earlier overviews of the time period, such as the place...

Forging Democracy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 721

Forging Democracy

This text gives a history of the European Left's successes and failures, its high and lows, its accomplishments, insufficiencies, and excesses, and its formative, lasting influence on the political landscape of the West.

The German Left and the Weimar Republic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 417

The German Left and the Weimar Republic

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-07-10
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting a wide range of documents on various aspects of socialist and communist activity in Germany. Separate chapters deal with the policy of Social Democracy in and out of government, the attempts of the Communist Party to overthrow the Weimar Republic, and then later to oppose it. Later chapters move away from the political scene to treat the attitudes of the parties to key social issues, in particular questions of gender and sexuality. The book concludes with a presentation of documents on various groups of socialist and communist dissidents. Many of the documents are made accessible for the first time, and each chapter begins with an original introduction indicating the current state of research.

Paths Crossing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 198

Paths Crossing

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011
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  • Publisher: Peter Lang

Essays presented at a conference held in Madison, Wis., in April 2009 during observances of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Who Rules the Synagogue?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 345

Who Rules the Synagogue?

Who Rules the Synagogue? explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religious authorities were rabbis. Zev Eleff weaves together the significant episodes and debates that shaped American Judaism during this formative period, and places this story into the larger context of American religious history and modern Jewish history.

Democracy in Exile
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

Democracy in Exile

DEMOCRACY IN EXILE -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Democracy, Expertise, and U.S. Foreign Policy -- 1. Masses and Marxism in Weimar Germany -- 2. The Social Role of the Intellectual Exile -- 3. Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democracy in Crisis -- 4. Psychological Warfare in Theory and Practice -- 5. The Making of a Defense Intellectual -- 6. The Adviser -- 7. The Institution Builder -- 8. Social Science and Its Discontents -- Conclusion: Speier, Expertise, and Democracy after 1960 -- Abbreviations -- Archival and Source Abbreviations -- Notes -- Archives Cited -- Index