Historical Dictionary Of Contemporary Germany

Author : Derek Lewis,Ulrike Zitzlsperger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 847 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442269576

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Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germany by Derek Lewis,Ulrike Zitzlsperger Pdf

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germanyprovides a comprehensive overview of most aspects of life and institutions in contemporary Germany. It also introduces the reader to the historical development of both East and West Germany between 1949 and 1990, and addresses the various issues arising from reunification. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germany contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Germany.

Author : Derek R. Lewis,Ulrike Zitzlsperger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Germany
ISBN : LCCN:2016014451

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Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germany by Derek R. Lewis,Ulrike Zitzlsperger Pdf

Author : Ulrike Zitzlsperger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538124222

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Historical Dictionary of Berlin by Ulrike Zitzlsperger Pdf

After World War II Berlin became one of the playgrounds of the Cold War; the Berlin Wall made the division between East and West, between ‘capitalism’ and ‘communism’ in 1961 highly visible, though it did remove Berlin from front-line politics. East and West Berlin had turned into shop-windows of ideologies – West Berlin representing the lure of a market economy, East Berlin the promise of socialism. It is, then, fitting that the fall of the Wall in 1989 awarded Berlin such a prominent role. It was here that the development after Reunification of East and West became a closely observed event – and, well beyond Germany, Berlin appeared to represent fundamental developments throughout Europe at the time. Today, Berlin is the capital of reunified Germany and therefore one of the key political players in the European Union (EU) and it’s now a desirable destination for young entrepreneurs. The Historical Dictionary of Berlin contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, places, institutions, and events. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Berlin.

Author : Sjaak van der Velden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781538134610

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Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor by Sjaak van der Velden Pdf

From the start of its existence organized labor has been the voice of workers to improve their economic, social, and political positions. Beginning with small and very often illegal groups of involved workers it grew to the million member organizations that now exist around the globe. It is studied from many different perspectives – historical, economic, sociological, and legal – but it fundamentally involves the struggle for workers’ rights, human rights and social justice. In an often hostile environment, organized labor has tried to make the world a fairer place. Even though it has only ever covered a minority of employees in most countries, its effects on their political, economic, and social systems have been generally positive. Despite growing repression of organized labor in recent years, membership numbers are still growing for the benefit of all employees, including the non-members. Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor: Fourth Edition makes the history of this important feature of life easily accessible. The reader is guided through a chronology, an introductory essay, 600 entries on the subject, appendixes with statistical material, and an extensive bibliography including Internet sites. This book gives a thorough introduction into past and present for historians, economists, sociologists, journalists, activists, labor union leaders, and anyone interested in the development of this important issue.

Author : Robert C. Reimer,Carol J. Reimer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538119402

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Historical Dictionary of German Cinema by Robert C. Reimer,Carol J. Reimer Pdf

The History of German film is diverse and multi-faceted. This volume can only suggest the richness of a film tradition that includes five distinct German governments [Wilhelmine Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), s well as a reunited Germany], two national industries (Germany and Austria), and a myriad of styles and production methods. Paradoxically, the political disruptions that have produced these distinct film eras, as well as and the natural inclination of artists to rebel and create new styles, allow for construction of a narrative of German film. Disjuncture generates distinct points of separation, and yet also highlights continuities between the ruptures. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of German Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on directors, actors, films, cinematographers, composers, producers, and major historical events that greatly affected the direction and development of German cinema. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about German cinema.

Author : Paula Sutter Fichtner
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810863101

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Historical Dictionary of Austria by Paula Sutter Fichtner Pdf

Austrians today often seem to believe that they have two histories. One is their republican present; the other, the centuries that their forebears spent as part of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. Contemporary Austria is a fixture among Europe's democracies. Yet, it did not achieve this state easily: World War I, the unification with Germany in 1938, and World War II were catastrophes for Austria. In 1995, it became part of the European Union, and its government, culture, and egalitarian economy are far cries from the monarchical and highly stratified society of the old Empire. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Austria has been thoroughly updated and greatly expanded. Through its chronology, introductory essay, appendix, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries, greater attention has been given to foreign affairs, economic institutions and policies, social issues, religion, and politics.

Author : William Grange
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442250208

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Historical Dictionary of German Theater by William Grange Pdf

The German-language theater is one of the most vibrant and generously endowed of any in the world. It boasts long and honored traditions that include world-renowned plays, playwrights, actors, directors, and designers, and several German theater artists have had an enormous impact on theater practice around the globe. Students continue to study German plays in dozens of languages, and every year scores of German plays are produced in a wide variety of non-German venues. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of German Theater covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on directors, designers, producers, and movements such as Regietheater, “post-dramatic” approaches to theater production, the freie Szene of independent, non-subsidized groups, the role of increasingly massive government subsidies, and cities whose reputations as centers of innovation and excellence that have made the German-language theater one of the most vibrant anywhere on earth. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about German Theater.

Author : William Grange
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810863149

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Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature by William Grange Pdf

Some authors strongly criticized attempts to rebuild a German literary culture in the aftermath of World War II, while others actively committed themselves to 'dealing with the German past.' There are writers in Austria and Switzerland that find other contradictions of contemporary life troubling, while some find them funny or even worth celebrating. German postwar literature has, in the minds of some observers, developed a kind of split personality. In view of the traumatic monstrosities of the previous century that development may seem logical to some. The Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature is devoted to modern literature produced in the German language, whether from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or writers using German in other countries. This volume covers an extensive period of time, beginning in 1945 at what was called 'zero hour' for German literature and proceeds into the 21st century, concluding in 2008. This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on writers, such as Nobel Prize-winners Heinrich Bsll, GYnter Grass, Elias Canetti, Elfriede Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald. There are also entries on individual works, genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.

Author : Jefferson Adams
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780810863200

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Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence by Jefferson Adams Pdf

No country can rival the sheer diversity of intelligence organizations that Germany has experienced over the past 300 years. Given its pivotal geographical and political position in Europe, Germany was a magnet for foreign intelligence operatives, especially during the Cold War. As a result of this, it is no wonder that during certain periods of history Germany was probably busier spying on its own citizens than on its enemies. Because of the Gestapo and the SS of Nazi Germany to the Stasi of the German Democratic Republic, the fear of domestic abuse by security agencies with police powers runs far deeper in German society than elsewhere in the West. The Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence presents the turbulent history of German intelligence through a chronology, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the agencies and agents, the operations and equipment, the tradecraft and jargon, and many of the countries involved. No military reference collection is complete without it.

Author : Robert Elsie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810861886

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Historical Dictionary of Albania by Robert Elsie Pdf

Albania is not well known by outsiders; it was deliberately closed to the outside world during the communist era. Now it has thankfully become free again, its borders are open and it can be visited, and it is increasingly integrating with the rest of Europe and beyond. Unfortunately, Albania has had its share of problems in the post-communist era; it's a land of destitution and despair, thanks in part to the Albanian mafia, which has turned the country into one of blood-feuds, kalashnikovs, and eternal crises. Yet, Albania is, in essence, a European nation like any other ...

Author : Massimo Mastrogregori
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110251180

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2007 by Massimo Mastrogregori Pdf

Die International Bibliographiy of Historical Sciences verzeichnet jährlich die bedeutendsten Neuerscheinungen geschichtswissenschaftlicher Monographien und Zeitschriftenartikel weltweit, die inhaltlich von der Vor- und Frühgeschichte bis zur jüngsten Vergangenheit reichen. Sie ist damit die derzeit einzige laufende Bibliographie dieser Art, die thematisch, zeitlich und geographisch ein derart breites Spektrum abdeckt. Innerhalb der systematischen Gliederung nach Zeitalter, Region oder historischer Disziplin sind die Werke nach Autorennamen oder charakteristischem Titelhauptwort aufgelistet.

Author : Bojka Djukanović
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12
Category : Montenegro
ISBN : 9781538139158

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Historical Dictionary of Montenegro by Bojka Djukanović Pdf

"Historical Dictionary of Montenegro contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture"--

Author : Uwe Jens Rudolf,Warren G. Berg
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810873902

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Historical Dictionary of Malta by Uwe Jens Rudolf,Warren G. Berg Pdf

This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Malta compiles the unusually rich and long history of the islands comprising the country of Malta. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-reference dictionary entries describing all of the major places, persons, institutions, and events that have shaped the history of the archipelago.

Author : Titus Hjelm,George Maude
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538111543

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Historical Dictionary of Finland by Titus Hjelm,George Maude Pdf

Finland was part of Sweden until 1809, it then became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire until it declared its independence on December 6, 1917. From these humble beginnings, Finland has emerged as an important player in the European Union and the world. Historical Dictionary of Finland, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Finland.

Author : Miranda Schreurs,Elim Papadakis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781538119600

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Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement by Miranda Schreurs,Elim Papadakis Pdf

There are very serious environmental problems facing the planet. Biodiversity loss has reached unprecedented levels. Climate change is progressing so rapidly that within this century we are likely to see substantial sea level rise. There has been dramatic loss of tropical rainforests. Plastic pollution is killing wildlife and polluting our oceans. Various movements old and new are addressing these green issues. Civil society activism has taken on new strategies with the emergence of new technologies and global networks of green activists have formed. A new generation of green activists are emerging and boldly criticizing the status quo. At the same time, in some parts of the world, green movements that looked like they were beginning to gain a political foothold or were even doing quite well are in retreat. The reasons are complex. Some suffer from lack of funding and hostile political and legal environments. Others are being attacked by populist politicians who see green activism as a threat. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced on green movements, green politics, green trends, and major environmental agreements and events. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the green movement.