German Languages & Cultures
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Almanach, 2009 [Paperback]
Johann Felfernig (Editor); Ingrid Weichselbaum (Editor)
$60.00ISBN: 9783700168492
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
This 159th yearly volume contains reports from January 1st to December 31st, 2009. Information on persons and institutions are reliable as of January 1st, unless otherwise indicated.
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Buecherverzeichnis zur deutschen Geschichte: Hilfsmittel, Handbuecher, Quellen [Paperback]
Winfried Baumgart (Author)
$26.00ISBN: 9783515097925
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Historische Grundwissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen (HGE)
Volume: 5
English summary: The best compendium for the study of German history: the systematic recording of all important introductions and standard works, supplies and equipment, periodicals and collections of sources, now thoroughly revised and enl... .... Learn More -
Religion and the Rise of History: Martin Luther and the Cultural Revolution in Germany, 1760-1810 [Paperback]
Leonard S. Smith (Author)
$57.50ISBN: 9780227173275
Published by : James Clarke & Co
The first intellectual history to study the ideal-type of model-building methodology of Otto Hintze (1861-1940) to Western historical thought and to suggest that Martin Luther also held to a way that was deeply incarnational, dynamic, and/or 'in-w... .... Learn More -
Mainz. Menschen - Bauten - Ereignisse: Eine Stadtgeschichte [Hardback]
Franz Dumont (Editor); Ferdinand Scherf (Editor); Dumont (Editor); Scherf (Editor)
$60.00ISBN: 9783805342476
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
English summmary: Those concerned with German history inevitably encounter Mainz: the city, the state, the fortress or the diocese. Since Roman times the town was repeatedly fought over and several times played a pioneering role in polit... .... Learn More -
Bäschoff, Kastelt und Kutterolf: Wortgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu Materialität, Form und Funktion im Bereich der entlehnten Gefäss- und Hohlmassbezeichnungen im Deutschen [Paperback]
Maria Besse (Author)
$84.00ISBN: 9783515097031
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse (AM-GS)
Volume: 11
English summary: Vessels, whether they be objects of utility, decoration, honor, or art, have always played an important role in people's lives. The name of a vessel will often identify the material used. Much has been borrowed from the ear... .... Learn More -
Sex in Imagined Spaces: Gender and Utopia from More to Bloch [Hardback]
Caitriona Ni Dhuill (Author)
$89.50ISBN: 9781906540418
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
From Thomas More onwards, writers of utopias have constructed alternative models of society as a way of commenting critically on existing social orders. In the utopian alternative, the sex-gender system of the contemporary society may be either... .... Learn More -
Aisthesis: Wahrnehmung der Farben in den Pflanzenbeschreibungen der fruehen deutschen Kräuterbuecher [Paperback]
Peter Seidensticker (Author)
$44.00ISBN: 9783515096232
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik - Beihefte (ZDL-B)
Volume: 139
English summary: Carl von Linné, the founder of modern natural science and the inventor of the binary nomenclature, counted three humanists as his predecessors: the Strasbourg Carthusian monk and then doctor Otto Brunfels, the preacher, phy... .... Learn More -
Geschichte, Öffentlichkeit, Kommunikation: Festschrift fuer Bernd Sösemann zum 65. Geburtstag [Hardback]
Patrick Merziger (Editor); Rudolf Stober (Author); Esther-Beate Korber (Author); Juergen Michael Schulz (Author)
$112.00ISBN: 9783515096515
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
English summary:This Festschrift for Bernd Sösemann deals with the three large connected areas of his scientific work. Friends, students, and companions congratulate with contributions that cover the spectrum of the early modern period, to ... .... Learn More -
Ein deutsches Jahrhundert 1848-1945. Hoffnung und Hybris: Aufsätze und Vorträge [Hardback]
Guenter Wollstein (Author)
$114.00ISBN: 9783515096225
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Historische Mitteilungen - Beihefte
Volume: 78
English summary: As the geographic center, Germany has always played a special role in Europe. Even the St. Paul's Church had good reasons for Germany's claim to a leadership role and stressed its bridging function. Both Bismarck's policies... .... Learn More -
Physics and Politics: Research and Research Support in Twentieth Century Germany in International Perspective [Paperback]
Helmuth Trischler (Editor); Robert Walker (Author)
$67.00ISBN: 9783515096010
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
Volume: 5
Science - with physics center-stage - and politics are two discrete but strongly intertwined parts of society. The book discusses the complex relationship between politics, especially the sharp political caesuras in 20th century German history on ... .... Learn More