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The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to their crimes. The author argues that the development of a new type of crime fiction during this period - which turned literary tradition on its head by focusing on the criminal and abandoning faith in the powers of the rational detective - is intricately related to new ways of understanding criminality among professionals in the fields of law, criminology, and police science. Considering Weimar Germany not only as a culture in crisis (the standard view in both popular and scholarly studies), but also as a culture of crisis, the author explores the ways in which crime and crisis became the foundation of the Republic's self-definition. An interdisciplinary cultural studies project, this book insightfully combines history, sociology, literary studies, and film studies to investigate a topic that cuts across all of these disciplines. ... Read more

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Abortion in the Weimar Republic is a compelling subject since it provoked public debates and campaigns of an intensity rarely matched elsewhere. It proved so explosive because populationist, ecclesiastical and political concerns were heightened by cultural anxieties of a modernity in crisis. Based on an exceptionally rich source material (e.g., criminal court cases, doctors' case books, personal diaries, feature films, plays and literary works), this study explores different attitudes and experiences of those women who sought to terminate an unwanted pregnancy and those who helped or hindered them.It analyzes the dichotomy between medical theory and practice, and questions common assumptions, i.e. that abortion was "a necessary evil," which needed strict regulation and medical control; or that all back-street abortions were dangerous and bad. Above all, the book reveals women's own voices, frequently contradictory and ambiguous: having internalized medical ideas they often also adhered to older notions of reproduction which opposed scientific approaches. ... Read more

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A handy English-language information resource
Whether you are interested in the first unification of the Germanic states in 1871, the present-day reunified Germany, the Weimar Republic, or the third Reich, here is the first English-language quick-reference guide on this major European power. The Encyclopedia covers every major aspect of German culture and society for the past century. Its broad spectrum of information is presented in entries that range from essays to brief paragraphs and encompass subjects from Konrad Adenauer to Helene Weber, from zoological gardens to aeronautics, from poetry to policing, and much more.

Covers the post-Berlin wall era
The majority of the articles not only provide a historical background, but also bring their subjects into the post-Berlin Wall era, surveying such components of the German political system as federalism, the office of the Chancellor, and political parties. The Encyclopedia also features articles on the demise of the German Democratic Republic and the subsequent reunification of the two postwar German states. It analyzes the political relationship between Germany and the other European powers, Germany's membership in the European community, its relations with the United States and many other contemporary political concerns. Clearly, the Encyclopeida is an excellent source of information for students and a refresher and bibliography resource for specialists. ... Read more

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This volume brings historians of science and social historians together to consider the role of "little tools"--such as tables, reports, questionnaires, dossiers, index cards--in establishing academic and bureaucratic claims to authority and objectivity.
From at least the eighteenth century onward, our science and society have been planned, surveyed, examined, and judged according to particular techniques of collecting and storing knowledge. Recently, the seemingly self-evident nature of these mundane epistemic and administrative tools, as well as the prose in which they are cast, has demanded historical examination.
The essays gathered here, arranged in chronological order by subject from the late seventeenth to the late twentieth century, involve close readings of primary texts and analyses of academic and bureaucratic practices as parts of material culture. The first few essays, on the early modern period, largely point to the existence of a "juridico-theological" framework for establishing authority. Later essays demonstrate the eclipse of the role of authority per se in the modern period and the emergence of the notion of "objectivity."
Most of the essays here concern the German cultural space as among the best exemplars of the academic and bureaucratic practices described above. The introduction to the volume, however, is framed at a general level; the closing essays also extend the analyses beyond Germany to broader considerations on authority and objectivity in historical practice.
The volume will interest scholars of European history and German studies as well as historians of science.
Peter Becker is Professor of Central European History, European University Institute. William Clark is Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University.
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In the first in-depth study of the Jewish population of Germany between the two world wars, Michael Brenner describes a people in the midst of redefining themselves. He shows how the Weimar Jews, participating but not assimilating in German society, created new forms of German-Jewish literature, music, fine art, education, and scholarship by dressing Jewish traditions in the garb of modern forms of cultural expression. ... Read more

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Rewbirth in the most unlikely cirmcumstances

I've readthis book twice. Michael Brenner is a good writer who knows well the history of the Jews of Germany. In this book he describes how Jews- feeling threatened byNazism- regrouped to rediscover their own culture and identity.Their efforts are extraordinary, but were they too late? This is the question that Michael Brenner arguesfor the reader. It is well research and has plenty of interesting not easy known details.

Peter Pulzeranalyzed in his own book the so called "German- Symbiosis",Brenner proves him to be correct: it was, indeed a sham. There was never such a thing! It was theGerman-Jews who loved Germany more,than the Germans loved theJews.

This book is important for all readers interested in Germany, the Jews and the Nazi period. The JewishRenaissance, thus, happened at the most incredible of times.



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Practical guide to understanding German business culture. Offers a smooth and problem-free transition between the American and German business cultures. Paper. DLC: Business etiquette - Germany. ... Read more

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Not in depth
After living in Germany for two years, I can honestly say thatthis book does not go that much into their culture and businesspractices'.

It does provide a lot of generalities, and stereotypes.The set-up is good, American style on the left, German on the right.But for an American trying to understand German business practice, it will not give the 20/20 that a professional needs.

It leaves out things such as business hours.Which can be rather fustrating for Americans that are used to 24/7.They cherish their Sundays, and have very short business hours the rest of the week.

I was able to read this book during my train ride from Nurnberg to Bamberg, on a RE train that only covered 56K.Which means it is a relatively short book.

The German culture is much more sophisticated then the image written in the book.A businees professional that reads this book will trip over thier feet if they follow the guidelines.

Yes they are organized, and yes they like punctuallity.But they are extremely friendly, and most American customs are welcomed.

If you are about to enter into a German business agreement, learn the language.Just trying to speak their language will go a long way.My last bit of advice is don't be put off if they smoke in their office. ... Read more

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Wow!
Some of the styles in this book were obviously western-inspired, with their own twist. Very amusing book, although it could have done with some background info.

A Great Book
Judd Stitziel has written a fine book.Well researched and put together.This work is very interesting, informative and revealing.....much like the fashion itself. ... Read more

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The last four decades of the 18th century witnessed a sudden acceleration in the pace of change in the political cultures of England and Germany.The ways in which developments in the two countries diverged are the subject of this collection of essays by leading scholars from England, North America, and Germany.The book examines a wide range of phenomena: the ideological stock of the period; the structure of contemporary communications and the contemporary media; the institutional setting of politicization; forms of political association; political self-organization; and political strategies, activities, techniques, and rituals. ... Read more

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This collaborative volume addresses a number of central questions from a variety of disciplinary and methodological angles: What do Germans envision when they speak of the "Americanization" of their culture? How do artists respond to today's media culture? Precisely what are we thinking of when using terms like "pop" or "popular" culture? How does "pop" culture in the German imagination relate to "U.S." culture? Can one still speak meaningfully of an "Americanized" German culture? What does this mean for German national identity during the 20th century, and for today's multi-ethnic German culture?
This volume fills a gap in existing scholarship by investigating for the first time German popular culture of the 20th century in its ambivalent representations of Americanization and globalization from a multidisciplinary, international perspective.
Agnes C. Mueller is Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
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Outstanding
A number of years ago, I read "The imperialist imagination: German colonialism and its legacy," by Sara Friedrichsmeyer, Sara Lennox, and Susanne Zantop, eds.I was struck by one particular chapter by Tina Campt, Pascal Grosse, and Yara-Colette Lemke-Muniz de Faria titled "Blacks, Germans, and the Politics of Imperial Imagination, 1920-60."To that point, I had never seen a postwar analysis of race in German history.I found the chapter fascinating, and hoped I would have the pleasure of coming across other books that took the same scholarly approach.After the Nazi Racial State is an astoundingly good read.To begin with, its treatment of race is thought provoking.Rather than looking at race on a binary basis of color, the authors cast a wider net and view it from cultural, religious and ethic perspectives; indeed, you almost have to, considering the ways in which race was defined during the Third Reich.Mixed race children of occupation are covered, as are Jewish Holocaust survivors and Turkish guest workers.The research is thorough, the writing enjoyable (though Eley still takes me a while to wrap my head around), and the topic is sorely needed.If you are a professor, assign this book.If you are a student, read it.If you just love history and want to examine an area that hasn't been given nearly enough attention to date, buy it. ... Read more

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Since 1989, two sites of memory with respect to the deportation and persecution of Jews in France and Germany during the Second World War have received intense public attention: the Vel d'Hiv (Winter Velodrome) in Paris and the Monument for the Murdered Jews of Europe or 'Holocaust Monument' in Berlin. Why is this so? Both monuments, the author argues, are unique in the history of memorial projects. Although they are genuine 'sites of memory', neither monument celebrates history, but rather serve as platforms for the deliberation, negotiation and promotion of social consensus over the memorial status of war crimes in France and Germany. The debates over these monuments indicate that it is the communication among members of the public via the mass media, rather than qualities inherent in the sites themselves, which transformed these sites into symbols beyond traditional conceptions of heritage and patriotism. ... Read more

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Mobility and Modernity uses voluminous German data on migrations over the past two centuries to demonstrate why conventional assumptions about the relationship between mobility and modernity must be revised.
Thus far the changing total volume of migration has not been traced over a long period for any country. Unique migration registration statistics, both detailed and broadly geographical in coverage, allow the precise plotting of migration rates in Germany since 1820. Steve Hochstadt combines careful quantitative methods, easily understood numerical data, and social analysis based upon broad reading in German social history to show that current beliefs about the direction and timing of changes in German mobility, which have been based on late nineteenth-century anxieties about urbanization and industrialization, do not match the data.
Migration rates in Germany rose continuously throughout the nineteenth century, and have fallen during the twentieth century. Mobility, Hochstadt argues, was not an unprecedented accompaniment to industrialization, but a traditional rural response to specific economic changes. Hochstadt's more precise analysis of urban in- and outmigration shows the mechanism of urbanization to have been the migration of families rather than the much greater, but also more circular, migration of single men and women.
Hochstadt demonstrates the importance of examining historical behavior, powerfully justifying the methods of historical demography as a path to social understanding. The data and specific conclusions are German, but the methods and reinterpretaion of migration history have much wider application, both to other modern European nations and to currently developing countries. Those who study the modern social history of Europe, the mechanisms that formed urban working classes, and the methods of historical demography will be interested in Hochstadt's work.
Steven Hochstadt was awarded the Social Science History Association's Allan Sharlin Memorial Award in 2000 for Mobility and Modernity. He is Associate Professor of History, Bates College.
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