An overview and comparative analysis of European labour movements from 1900 to 1990. The authors examine the links between workers and organized labour in seven European countries and focus on areas such as the role of the state, labour markets, and occupation and class
This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization.
This first textbook of its kind will fascinate students and experienced analytical chemists alike. Natural everyday products allow for easy reading, backed by an attractive layout with many pictures to visualize the topics and questions & answers at the end of each chapter.
This first textbook of its kind will fascinate students and experienced analytical chemists alike. Natural everyday products allow for easy reading, backed by an attractive layout with many pictures to visualize the topics and questions & answers at the end of each chapter.
This is a comparative study of the British Labour Party and the German Social Democratic Party. Its controversial conclusions about the degree of similarity between the two should open up a new perspective on old debates.
This volume asks which national histories underpinned which national identity constructions in almost every nation state in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores the construction of national identities through history writing and analyzes their interrelationship with histories of ethnicity/race, class and religion.
This Companion provides an overview of European history during the long nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914. Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars. Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns.
'What is a German's fatherland?' This has arguably been the central question of modern German history. Germany traces the various constructions and reconstructions of German national identity from the late eighteenth century to the present day.
How objective are our history books? In this most recent addition to the Writing History series, Writing the History of Memory examines the critical role that memory plays in the writing 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...
Although few modern German historians now set out to write national histories, Berger (modern and contemporary history, U. of Glamorgen, UK) stresses long-term continuity in his examination of the various narratives underlying the construction of the German nation in historical writing since 1800. A
This work consists of a detailed compilation of NMR data for a number of non-metallic elements. These include oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine and phosphorus.
'What is a German's fatherland?' This has arguably been the central question of modern German history. Germany explains the diverse ways in which national identity has been constructed over more than three centuries.
This book examines comparatively how the writing of history has been used to 'legitimate' the nation-state against socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era.