10 results for 'osterhammel jungen'

During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, Jürgen...

"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into...

A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has...

How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of AsiaDuring the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals...

A concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth century The end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the...

The end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, dozens of new states...

Im Buch geht es darum, die im Vergleich zum BDM relativ schlecht erforschte Organisation der 18 bis 21 Jahre alten jungen Frauen in der NS-Zeit vorzustellen und mittels der Erinnerungen von zwölf...

Der erste Band dieser Ausgabe, der etwa 140 Briefe enthält, reicht von 1914. dem Jahr des Kriegsausbruches, bis 1947, dem Jahr, in dem die UNO den Beschluß zur Teilung Palästinas faßte. In diesem...