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A Mighty Fortress. A New History of the German People
Door Steven E. Ozment
Categorie | Geschiedenis Europa |
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Boeknummer | #268804 |
Titel | A Mighty Fortress. A New History of the German People |
Auteur | Ozment, Steven E. |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | London, Granta Books |
Jaar van uitgave | 2004 |
ISBN10 | 1862077738 |
ISBN13 | 9781862077737 |
Taal | Engels |
Samenvatting | 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, p... (Lees verder)roud and uncertain. |
Pagina's | 400 |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 8,00 |
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