The Shortest History Of Germany From Roman Frontier To The Heart Of Europe A Retelling For Our Times Shortest History

Author : James Hawes
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615195701

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The Shortest History of Germany: From Roman Frontier to the Heart of Europe - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hawes Pdf

A highlight reel of the must-know moments across two millennia of world-changing history—from the Roman age to Charlemagne to von Bismarck to Merkel. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871—yet today, Germany is the world’s fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal democracy. “There’s no point studying the past unless it sheds some light on the present,” writes James Hawes in this brilliantly concise history that has already captivated hundreds of thousands of readers. “It is time, now more than ever, for us all to understand the real history of Germany.”

Author : James Hawes
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615198153

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The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hawes Pdf

How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbors; and for the past millennia, it has harbored a class system like nowhere else on Earth. This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented—yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line. It carries us swiftly through centuries of conflict between Crown and Parliament (starring the Magna Carta), America’s War of Independence, the rise and fall of empire, two World Wars, and England’s break from the EU. We discover: why the American colonists of 1776 believed that they were the true Anglo-Saxons how the British Empire was undermined from within why Winston Churchill said the UK could only be saved by splitting up England itself and how populism spawned Brexit and its “new elite.” The Shortest History of England brings all this and more to prescient life—offering the most direct, compelling route to understanding the country behind today’s headlines.

Author : James Hirst
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615199150

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The Shortest History of Europe: How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by James Hirst Pdf

Uncover the decisive moments that shaped a world-changing continent. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. Celebrated historian John Hirst draws from his own lectures to deliver this ultra-accessible master class on the making of modern Europe, from Ancient Greece through World War II. With over 600,000 copies sold worldwide, this brief history is a global sensation propelled by a thesis of astonishing simplicity: Just three elements—German warfare, Greek and Roman culture, and Christianity—come together to explain everything else, from the Crusades to the Industrial Revolution. Hirst’s razor-sharp grasp of cause and effect helps us see with sparkling clarity how the history of Europe—the crucible of liberal democracy—shapes the way we live today.

Author : James Hawes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857205308

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Englanders and Huns by James Hawes Pdf

A completely fresh look at the culture clash between Britain and Germany that all but destroyed Europe. Half a century before 1914, most Britons saw the Germans as poor and rather comical cousins - and most Germans looked up to the British as their natural mentors. Over the next five decades, each came to think that the other simply had to be confronted - in Europe, in Africa, in the Pacific and at last in the deadly race to cover the North Sea with dreadnoughts. But why? Why did so many Britons come to see in Germany everything that was fearful and abhorrent? Why did so many Germans come to see any German who called dobbel fohltwhile playing Das Lawn Tennisas the dupe of a global conspiracy? Packed with long-forgotten stories such as the murder of Queen Victoria's cook in Bohn, the disaster to Germany's ironclads under the White Cliffs, bizarre early colonial clashes and the precise, dark moment when Anglophobia begat modern anti-Semitism, this is the fifty-year saga of the tragic, and often tragicomic, delusions and miscalculations that led to the defining cataclysm of our times - the breaking of empires and the womb of horrors, the Great War. Richly illustrated with the words and pictures that formed our ancestors' disastrous opinions, it will forever change the telling of this fateful tale.

Author : Simon Winder
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1429945419

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Germania by Simon Winder Pdf

A UNIQUE EXPLORATION OF GERMAN CULTURE, FROM SAUSAGE ADVERTISEMENTS TO WAGNER Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "So: why are you here?" This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time wandering around a country that remains a sort of dead zone for many foreigners, surrounded as it is by a force field of historical, linguistic, climatic, and gastronomic barriers? Winder's book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. Germania is a very funny book on serious topics—how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating videos. It is about the limits of language, the meaning of culture, and the pleasure of townscape.

Author : Steven Ozment
Publisher : Granta Books (UK)
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01
Category : Germanic peoples
ISBN : 1862078262

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A Mighty Fortress by Steven Ozment Pdf

Award-winning historian Steven Ozment gives us the fullest portrait possible of the German nation, holding a mirror up to an entire civilization- one that has been alternately Western Europe's most successful and most perilous. Taking us from the tribes of the Roman Empire and the medieval dynasties to the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification, Ozment shows that the Germans are a people who desire national unity yet have kept themselves from it by aligning with autocratic territorial governments and regional cultures. From Luther, Kant, Goethe, and Beethoven to Marx, Einstein and Hitler, the country's leading figures have always tried to become more than ordinary mortals. Ozment brilliantly captures the soul of a nation that is at once ordered and chaotic, disciplined and obsessive, proud and uncertain.

Author : Ada Cohen,Jeremy B. Rutter
Publisher : ASCSA
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780876615416

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Constructions of Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy by Ada Cohen,Jeremy B. Rutter Pdf

This volume contains 20 papers that explore ancient notions and experiences of childhood around the Mediterranean, from prehistory to late antiquity.

Author : John Hale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1995-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684803524

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Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance by John Hale Pdf

Exploring every aspect of art, philosophy, politics, life and culture between 1450 and 1620, this enthralling panorama examines one of the most fascinating and exciting periods in European history. "A rich, dense book which combines inspiring generalizations with idiosyncratic detail".--The Spectator. Photos.

Author : Linda Jaivin
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615198214

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The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History) by Linda Jaivin Pdf

Journey across epic China—through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. As we enter the “Asian century,” China demands our attention for being an economic powerhouse, a beacon of rapid modernization, and an assertive geopolitical player. To understand the nation behind the headlines, we must take in its vibrant, tumultuous past—a story of “larger-than-life characters, philosophical arguments and political intrigues, military conflicts and social upheavals, artistic invention and technological innovation.” The Shortest History of China charts a path from China’s tribal origins through its storied imperial era and up to the modern Communist Party under Xi Jinping—including the rarely told story of women in China and the specters of corruption and disunity that continue to haunt the People’s Republic today. A master storyteller and exacting historian, Linda Jaivin distills this vast history into a short, riveting account that today’s globally minded readers will find indispensable.

Author : Puck
Publisher : duopress
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781938093470

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One to Ten L.A. by Puck Pdf

Counting to 10 in 10 languages is made easy with this global snapshot of Los Angeles, California. Featuring the numbers in the 10 most common languages spoken in LA—including English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Russian, Korean, Tagalog, Italian, Vietnamese, and Japanese—One to Ten L.A. captures the most iconic images of one of the most diverse cities in the world.

Author : Peter Heather
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195325416

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The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather Pdf

Shows how Europe's barbarians, strengthened by centuries of contact with Rome on many levels, turned into an enemy capable of overturning and dismantling the mighty Empire.

Author : Hans Kundnani
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190245504

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The Paradox of German Power by Hans Kundnani Pdf

Introduction: The return of history? -- The German question -- Idealism and realism -- Continuity and change -- Perpetrators and victims -- Economics and politics -- Europe and the world -- Conclusion: Geo-economic semi-hegemony.

Author : Mary Platt Parmele
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Germany
ISBN : 9781465579348

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A Short History of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele Pdf

Author : Captivating History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1637164017

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German History by Captivating History Pdf

If you want to discover the captivating history of Germany, then keep reading... Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Germany: A Captivating Guide to German History, Starting from 1871 through the First World War, Weimar Republic, and World War II to the Present Germania: A Captivating Guide to the History of a Region in Europe Where Germanic Tribes Dominated and How It Transformed into Germany Germany is one of the richest and most influential countries in the world, which is amazing when you consider that the nation is only about the size of the US states of Oregon and Washington combined. It's even more astounding when you consider that at the end of World War II, every major German city (and many minor ones) had been flattened by the Allied bombing campaign. Still more amazing is that the country has gone from international pariah and home of the Holocaust to one of the most well-regarded and humanitarian nations on Earth. Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include: The intrigue and wars of the famous "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck and how his political maneuverings united the German states into one The bizarre upbringing and strident personality of Kaiser Wilhelm II The rise of Germany to world power between 1871 and 1914 The reasons for Germany entering World War One The German experience of World War One and its startling defeat The Versailles Treaty and why it was hated by most Germans The horrible hyperinflation of the early 1920s when the German government printed 100-billion mark notes that were worthless Anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe The wild culture of Weimar Berlin The rise of Hitler and why it happened Hitler's Germany and WWII The post-war division of Germany The Berlin Wall The reunification of Germany in 1989 and more Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include: The Early History of Germania The Barbarian Leaders The Merovingians and the Carolingians The Holy Roman Empire The Reformation The Thirty Years' War The Age of Enlightenment Napoleon and the Revolution in Germany The Many Wars and the Unification World War I World War II Modern Germany And much, much more! Scroll up and click the "add to cart" button to learn more about the History of Germany!

Author : Martin Gurri
Publisher : Stripe Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781953953346

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The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri Pdf

How insurgencies—enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere—have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age: government, political parties, the media. The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. Originally published in 2014, The Revolt of the Public is now available in an updated edition, which includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump’s improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit. The book concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process and whether new organizing principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence.