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The A to Z of Aesthetics

par Dabney Townsend ...

Collections series The A to Z Guide Series
Aesthetics is not a "factual" discipline; there are no aesthetic facts. The word itself is derived from the Greek word for "feeling" and the discipline arises because of the need to find a place for the passions within epistemology-the branch of philosophy that investigates our beliefs. Aesthetics is more than just the study of beauty; it is a study of that which appeals to our senses, most often ... En savoir plus

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Aesthetics is not a "factual" discipline; there are no aesthetic facts. The word itself is derived from the Greek word for "feeling" and the discipline arises because of the need to find a place for the passions within epistemology-the branch of philosophy that investigates our beliefs. Aesthetics is more than just the study of beauty; it is a study of that which appeals to our senses, most often
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Tipu Sultan Hindi / टीपू सुल्तान

Mysore Ke Satta-Angtral Ki Gatha (1760-1799) / मैसूर के सत्ता अंतराल की गाथा (1760-1799)

par Vikram / विक्रम Sampath / सम्पत ...

टीपू सुल्तान की विवादित विरासत आज भी भारत और उसकी समकालीन राजनीति को उलझाती रहती है। भारतीय सैन्य इतिहास का यह रहस्यमय पात्र आधुनिक इतिहासकारों के लिए अब भी एक बड़ी पहेली है। वह अलग-अलग लोगों के लिए अलग अर्थ रखता है। टीपू का सत्ता में आना संयोगवश हुआ। उसके पिता हैदर अली मैसूर के महाराजा की कृपा से आगे बढ़े थे। लेकिन चतुर और अवसरवादी हैदर ने अपने ही संरक्षक को अपदस्थ कर 1761 में वोडेयार वंश से मैस ... En savoir plus

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टीपू सुल्तान की विवादित विरासत आज भी भारत और उसकी समकालीन राजनीति को उलझाती रहती है। भारतीय सैन्य इतिहास का यह रहस्यमय पात्र आधुनिक इतिहासकारों के लिए अब भी एक बड़ी पहेली है। वह अलग-अलग लोगों के लिए अलग अर्थ रखता है। टीपू का सत्ता में आना संयोगवश हुआ। उसके पिता हैदर अली मैसूर के महाराजा की कृपा से आगे बढ़े थे। लेकिन चतुर और अवसरवादी हैदर ने अपने ही संरक्षक को अपदस्थ कर 1761 में वोडेयार वंश से मैस
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History of Philosophy

par Julian Marias ...

Thorough and lucid survey of Western philosophy from pre-Socratics to mid 20th century: major figures, currents, trends, literature, significance, and more. Valuable section on contemporary philosophy — Brentano, Ortega, Heidegger, others. One of the best elementary history of philosophy available. "Brevity and clarity of exposition..." — Ethics. ... En savoir plus

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Thorough and lucid survey of Western philosophy from pre-Socratics to mid 20th century: major figures, currents, trends, literature, significance, and more. Valuable section on contemporary philosophy — Brentano, Ortega, Heidegger, others. One of the best elementary history of philosophy available. "Brevity and clarity of exposition..." — Ethics.
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A History of Turkish Scholarship

Modernization, Nationalism and the State

par Doğan Gürpınar ...

Collections series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
A History of Turkish Scholarship: Modernization, Nationalism and the State traces the evolution of Turkey’s academic institutions from their late Ottoman roots to the present, revealing how universities became key arenas in the struggle over national identity, progress, and state power.Focusing on the humanities and social sciences, this book examines how Turkish scholarship emerged and matured ... En savoir plus

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A History of Turkish Scholarship: Modernization, Nationalism and the State traces the evolution of Turkey’s academic institutions from their late Ottoman roots to the present, revealing how universities became key arenas in the struggle over national identity, progress, and state power.Focusing on the humanities and social sciences, this book examines how Turkish scholarship emerged and matured
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The Village That Vanished: Documented Cases of Mass Disappearances With No Explanation on Record

par Tavin Ashword ...

Every empty village has a story someone was afraid to tell straight.For four hundred years, the world has whispered about Roanoke. About an Inuit camp on a frozen Canadian lake. About a cursed Rajasthani village whose gates still lock at sunset. The legends promise vanishings with no explanation, no bodies, no answer. They have sold millions of books, filled a thousand documentaries, and gotten ... En savoir plus

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Every empty village has a story someone was afraid to tell straight.For four hundred years, the world has whispered about Roanoke. About an Inuit camp on a frozen Canadian lake. About a cursed Rajasthani village whose gates still lock at sunset. The legends promise vanishings with no explanation, no bodies, no answer. They have sold millions of books, filled a thousand documentaries, and gotten
... En savoir plus
Xaymaca — Land of Wood and Water

par Winston Phillips ...

Before the plantations. Before the slave ships. Before the British flag flew over Kingston Harbour. There was Xaymaca —'Land of Wood and Water' — and the Taíno people who had called it home for over a thousand years.This is where the story of Jamaica truly begins. Volume 1 of A Multi-Volume History of Jamaica takes the reader back tothe island's indigenous roots: the Taíno civilisation that built ... En savoir plus

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Before the plantations. Before the slave ships. Before the British flag flew over Kingston Harbour. There was Xaymaca —'Land of Wood and Water' — and the Taíno people who had called it home for over a thousand years.This is where the story of Jamaica truly begins. Volume 1 of A Multi-Volume History of Jamaica takes the reader back tothe island's indigenous roots: the Taíno civilisation that built
... En savoir plus
The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia

Modifié par Tobias Becker, Dylan Trigg ...

The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia serves as a guide to the complex and often contradictory concept of nostalgia, as well as the field of “nostalgia studies” more broadly.Nostalgia is an area of intense interest across several disciplines as well as within society and culture more generally. This handbook brings together an international, interdisciplinary team of researchers to survey the ... En savoir plus

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The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia serves as a guide to the complex and often contradictory concept of nostalgia, as well as the field of “nostalgia studies” more broadly.Nostalgia is an area of intense interest across several disciplines as well as within society and culture more generally. This handbook brings together an international, interdisciplinary team of researchers to survey the
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Narrating the Nation

Representations in History, Media and the Arts

Modifié par Stefan Berger, Linas Eriksonas, Andrew Mycock ...

Collections Livre 11 - Making Sense of History
A sustained and systematic study of the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories across a wide variety of states is highly topical and extremely relevant in the context of the accelerating processes of Europeanization and globalization. However, as demonstrated in this volume, histories have not, of course, only been written by professional historians. Drawing on studies from ... En savoir plus

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A sustained and systematic study of the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories across a wide variety of states is highly topical and extremely relevant in the context of the accelerating processes of Europeanization and globalization. However, as demonstrated in this volume, histories have not, of course, only been written by professional historians. Drawing on studies from
... En savoir plus
What Is History For?

Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography

par Arthur Alfaix Assis ...

Collections Livre 17 - Making Sense of History
A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen’s theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context ... En savoir plus

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A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen’s theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context
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Guia Educando – História, Geografia, Biologia e Física

Conflitos mundiais, fontes de energia, invertebrados e hidrostática

Modifié par EdiCase ...

Collections Livre 1 - Guia Educando
Estudar para o vestibular ou concurso público pode se tornar uma tarefa simples e eficiente. Para isso, basta que você se dedique com afinco e invista nos materiais certos. Pensando nisso, esta edição da Guia Educando traz conteúdos que te ajudarão a ir mais longe nos seus estudos. Confira os desdobramentos de 3 conflitos que marcaram a Idade Contemporânea. Descubra quais são as fontes de energia ... En savoir plus

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Estudar para o vestibular ou concurso público pode se tornar uma tarefa simples e eficiente. Para isso, basta que você se dedique com afinco e invista nos materiais certos. Pensando nisso, esta edição da Guia Educando traz conteúdos que te ajudarão a ir mais longe nos seus estudos. Confira os desdobramentos de 3 conflitos que marcaram a Idade Contemporânea. Descubra quais são as fontes de energia
... En savoir plus
Kulturelle Erinnerung und bengalische Lebenswelten in Großbritannien

Geschlechterrollen, Tanz und britisch-bangladeschische Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft

par Julia Giese ...

Collections series Social Sciences, Humanities and Law (excluding publishing partner content) (German language)
Dieses Buch bietet Einblicke in das Verhältnis zwischen Prozessen und Produkten des Erinnerns, Körpern und Zugehörigkeitsgefühls unter britisch-bangladeschischen Frauen in Tower Hamlets, London.Ausgehend von einer Analyse Kultureller Erinnerungen, die sich sowohl im professionellen als auch im sozialen Tanz manifestieren, sowie der Räume und Begegnungen, welche die Entstehung, Weitergabe und ... En savoir plus

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Dieses Buch bietet Einblicke in das Verhältnis zwischen Prozessen und Produkten des Erinnerns, Körpern und Zugehörigkeitsgefühls unter britisch-bangladeschischen Frauen in Tower Hamlets, London.Ausgehend von einer Analyse Kultureller Erinnerungen, die sich sowohl im professionellen als auch im sozialen Tanz manifestieren, sowie der Räume und Begegnungen, welche die Entstehung, Weitergabe und
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Auszug aus der Alten, Mittleren und Neueren Geschichte

par Carl Ploetz ...

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Weltgeschichte in einem einzigen Band!„Auszug aus der Alten, Mittleren und Neueren Geschichte“ von Carl Ploetz ist mehr als nur ein Geschichtsbuch – es ist ein Tor zu den Epochen, die unsere Welt geformt haben.Dieses Werk bietet eine umfassende und prägnante Übersicht über die bedeutendsten Ereignisse und Entwicklungen von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit. Einzigartige ... En savoir plus

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Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Weltgeschichte in einem einzigen Band!„Auszug aus der Alten, Mittleren und Neueren Geschichte“ von Carl Ploetz ist mehr als nur ein Geschichtsbuch – es ist ein Tor zu den Epochen, die unsere Welt geformt haben.Dieses Werk bietet eine umfassende und prägnante Übersicht über die bedeutendsten Ereignisse und Entwicklungen von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit. Einzigartige
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Lutèce

par Heinrich Heine, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "Ce livre contient une série de lettres que j'écrivis pour la Gazette d'Augsbourg pendant les années de 1840 à 43. Pour des raisons importantes, je les ai fait paraître il y a quelques mois chez MM. Hoffman et Campe à Hambourg comme un livre à part sous le titre de Lucète, et des motifs non moins essentiels me déterminent aujourd'hui à publier ce recueil aussi en langue française. Voici ... En savoir plus

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Extrait : "Ce livre contient une série de lettres que j'écrivis pour la Gazette d'Augsbourg pendant les années de 1840 à 43. Pour des raisons importantes, je les ai fait paraître il y a quelques mois chez MM. Hoffman et Campe à Hambourg comme un livre à part sous le titre de Lucète, et des motifs non moins essentiels me déterminent aujourd'hui à publier ce recueil aussi en langue française. Voici
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Engaging with AQA GCSE (9–1) History: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 British depth study

par Dale Banham ...

Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Trust the power of cognitive science to help students to understand more, remember more and feel more confident about their exams.Dale Banham is not your average teacher. With amazing knowledge of the best teaching methods and over 30 years' classroom experience, he writes textbooks that are guaranteed ... En savoir plus

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Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Trust the power of cognitive science to help students to understand more, remember more and feel more confident about their exams.Dale Banham is not your average teacher. With amazing knowledge of the best teaching methods and over 30 years' classroom experience, he writes textbooks that are guaranteed
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Medieval Pedagogical Writings

An Epitome

par Sarah B. Lynch ...

Collections Livre 3 - Epitomes
Throughout the Middle Ages, great intellectuals from Jerome to Jean Gerson all commented on education. What was its purpose? What practices best achieved the intended aims? This volume introduces the central themes that ran through literature on education, from its fixation on moral instruction to recommendations on playtime. It explores writing from the first century to the educational treatises ... En savoir plus

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Throughout the Middle Ages, great intellectuals from Jerome to Jean Gerson all commented on education. What was its purpose? What practices best achieved the intended aims? This volume introduces the central themes that ran through literature on education, from its fixation on moral instruction to recommendations on playtime. It explores writing from the first century to the educational treatises
... En savoir plus
GEISTESwissenschaften – IdeenGESCHICHTE

Festschrift fuer Helmut Reinalter zum 70. Geburtstag

Modifié par Josef Wallmannsberger ...

Collections Livre 46 - Schriftenreihe der Internationalen Forschungsstelle "Demokratische Bewegungen in Mitteleuropa 1770 - 1850"
Theorien der Geisteswissenschaften und Ideengeschichte definieren zentrale Momente des gelehrten Lebenswerks von Helmut Reinalter, dessen leitendes wissenschaftliches Motiv in der konsequenten Vernetzung rigoroser fachbasierter Forschung mit transdisziplinären Perspektivierungen und geistesgeschichtlichen Genealogien gefunden werden kann. Die Beiträge der Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag des ... En savoir plus

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Theorien der Geisteswissenschaften und Ideengeschichte definieren zentrale Momente des gelehrten Lebenswerks von Helmut Reinalter, dessen leitendes wissenschaftliches Motiv in der konsequenten Vernetzung rigoroser fachbasierter Forschung mit transdisziplinären Perspektivierungen und geistesgeschichtlichen Genealogien gefunden werden kann. Die Beiträge der Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag des
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Poland and the Origins of the Second World War

A Study in Diplomatic History (1938–1939)

par Chris James, Marek Kornat, Jarosław Fazan ...

Traduit par Alex Shannon ...

Collections Livre 35 - Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives
This monograph deals with Polish foreign policy shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. In tracing the diplomatic activity of foreign minister Józef Beck, it discusses six general problems: (1) the Polish political situation under the pressure of appeasement; (2) the project of Intermarium and efforts to implement it; (3) the action against Czechoslovakia and the conflict with the ... En savoir plus

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This monograph deals with Polish foreign policy shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. In tracing the diplomatic activity of foreign minister Józef Beck, it discusses six general problems: (1) the Polish political situation under the pressure of appeasement; (2) the project of Intermarium and efforts to implement it; (3) the action against Czechoslovakia and the conflict with the
... En savoir plus
Rudolf. Crown Prince and Rebel

Translation of the New and Revised Edition, «Kronprinz Rudolf. Ein Leben» (Amalthea, 2005)

Traduit par Edith Borchardt ...

par Brigitte Hamann ...

Brigitte Hamann portrays Rudolf von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria, as a liberal intellectual who stood in opposition to his father Emperor Franz Josef and the imperial establishment. Against the prevailing currents of his time, Rudolf wanted to modernize the Habsburg Empire by abolishing the privileges of the aristocracy. He vehemently opposed nationalism and anti-Semitism and fought for ... En savoir plus

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Brigitte Hamann portrays Rudolf von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria, as a liberal intellectual who stood in opposition to his father Emperor Franz Josef and the imperial establishment. Against the prevailing currents of his time, Rudolf wanted to modernize the Habsburg Empire by abolishing the privileges of the aristocracy. He vehemently opposed nationalism and anti-Semitism and fought for
... En savoir plus
Ethiopian Americans

History, Culture, and Experiences

par Professor W. Gabriel Selassie I ...

Collections series The American Mosaic
Explore the history, culture, and lived experiences of Ethiopian Americans in the USA.Ethiopia, in East Africa, is the second most populated country in Africa, home to over 125 million inhabitants. For centuries, many Ethiopians had little exposure to the outside world, and even less to Americans. However, that started to change in the 1970s. In 1974, a military-backed government deposed Emperor ... En savoir plus

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Explore the history, culture, and lived experiences of Ethiopian Americans in the USA.Ethiopia, in East Africa, is the second most populated country in Africa, home to over 125 million inhabitants. For centuries, many Ethiopians had little exposure to the outside world, and even less to Americans. However, that started to change in the 1970s. In 1974, a military-backed government deposed Emperor
... En savoir plus
Les Quinze-Vingts depuis leur fondation jusqu'à leur translation au faubourg Saint-Antoine (XIIIe-XVIIIe siècle)

par Léon Le Grand, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "L'origine des Quinze-Vingts est entourée d'une certaine obscurité due à la perte de leur charte de fondation, et il est nécessaire de dégager la question des légendes ou des hypothèses qu'a fait naître cette lacune. Ouvrez la Fleur des Antiquitéz de Paris de Corrozet, vous y lirez que saint Louis « fonda la maison des Quinze-Vingtz pour nourrir et loger trois cens chevaliers qu'il ... En savoir plus

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Extrait : "L'origine des Quinze-Vingts est entourée d'une certaine obscurité due à la perte de leur charte de fondation, et il est nécessaire de dégager la question des légendes ou des hypothèses qu'a fait naître cette lacune. Ouvrez la Fleur des Antiquitéz de Paris de Corrozet, vous y lirez que saint Louis « fonda la maison des Quinze-Vingtz pour nourrir et loger trois cens chevaliers qu'il
... En savoir plus
The Art of Religion

Sforza Pallavicino and Art Theory in Bernini's Rome

par Maarten Delbeke ...

Collections series Histories of Vision
Bernini and Pallavicino, the artist and the Jesuit cardinal, are closely related figures at the papal courts of Urban VIII and Alexander VII, at which Bernini was the principal artist. The analysis of Pallavicino's writings offers a new perspective on Bernini's art and artistry and allow us to understand the visual arts in papal Rome as a 'making manifest' of the fundamental truths of faith. ... En savoir plus

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Bernini and Pallavicino, the artist and the Jesuit cardinal, are closely related figures at the papal courts of Urban VIII and Alexander VII, at which Bernini was the principal artist. The analysis of Pallavicino's writings offers a new perspective on Bernini's art and artistry and allow us to understand the visual arts in papal Rome as a 'making manifest' of the fundamental truths of faith.
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J.G. Fichte and the Atheism Dispute (1798–1800)

par Curtis Bowman ...

The atheism dispute is one of the most important philosophical controversies of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Germany. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, one of the leading philosophers of the period, was accused of atheism after publishing his essay 'On the Ground of Our Belief in a Divine World-Governance', which he had written in response to Karl Friedrich Forberg's essay 'Development of ... En savoir plus

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The atheism dispute is one of the most important philosophical controversies of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Germany. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, one of the leading philosophers of the period, was accused of atheism after publishing his essay 'On the Ground of Our Belief in a Divine World-Governance', which he had written in response to Karl Friedrich Forberg's essay 'Development of
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Women and Revolution

Global Expressions

par Marie Josephine Diamond ...

Taking its starting point from women's contributions to the French revolution, this important anthology goes far beyond any particular historical, European or American context and expands its scope in space and time to an all-inclusive global theme, namely the contributions of radical women towards an ever-changing world and its revolutionary transformations everywhere. The superbly edited essays ... En savoir plus

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Taking its starting point from women's contributions to the French revolution, this important anthology goes far beyond any particular historical, European or American context and expands its scope in space and time to an all-inclusive global theme, namely the contributions of radical women towards an ever-changing world and its revolutionary transformations everywhere. The superbly edited essays
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Die laendliche Gesellschaft im Zeitalter des Ersten Weltkrieges

Herausforderungen und ihre emotionalen Folgen

Modifié par Harald Heppner, Christian Promitzer, Ionela Zaharia-Schintler ...

Collections Livre 14 - Neue Forschungen zur ostmittel- und suedosteuropaeischen Geschichte / New Researches on East Central and South East European History / Recherches nouvelles sur l'histoire de l'Europe centrale et orientale
Der Rückblick auf die Jahre des Ersten Weltkrieges würde unvollständig bleiben, wenn man das Landvolk, das damals noch überall die Bevölkerungsmehrheit ausmachte, nicht berücksichtigen würde. Diesem Thema widmet sich der vorliegende Sammelband, der aufzeigt, wie sehr sich die Lebensumstände der ländlichen Bevölkerung drastisch änderten und eine Fülle von Emotionen aufkommen ließen. Der Schwerpunkt ... En savoir plus

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Der Rückblick auf die Jahre des Ersten Weltkrieges würde unvollständig bleiben, wenn man das Landvolk, das damals noch überall die Bevölkerungsmehrheit ausmachte, nicht berücksichtigen würde. Diesem Thema widmet sich der vorliegende Sammelband, der aufzeigt, wie sehr sich die Lebensumstände der ländlichen Bevölkerung drastisch änderten und eine Fülle von Emotionen aufkommen ließen. Der Schwerpunkt
... En savoir plus

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