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  • Uprooted

    How Breslau Became Wroclaw during the Century of Expulsions

    de Gregor Thum ...
    How a German city became Polish after World War IIWith the stroke of a pen at the Potsdam Conference following the Allied victory in 1945, Breslau, the largest German city east of Berlin, became the Polish city of Wroclaw. Its more than six hundred thousand inhabitants—almost all of them ethnic Germans—were expelled and replaced by Polish settlers from all parts of prewar Poland. Uprooted examines ... Leer más

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  • Shatterzone of Empires

    Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands

    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    "Anyone who studies nationalism, genocide, mass violence, or war in these regions, from the Enlightenment through the mid-20th century, needs to read [this]."— Central European HistoryShatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe's eastern borderlands over the past two centuries.In this vast territory, extending from the Baltic to ... Leer más

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  • Die fremde Stadt

    Breslau nach 1945

    de Gregor Thum ...
    Eine deutsche Stadt wird polnisch.Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde aus Breslau, der damals größten deutschen Stadt östlich von Berlin, Wroclaw, eine Stadt im westlichen Polen. Für Militärs und Diplomaten ein Federstrich, bedeutete es für die Menschen vor Ort einen dramatischen Bruch, der das Leben Breslaus bis heute bestimmt. Eindrucksvoll schildert Gregor Thum diesen Prozess von Vertreibung ... Leer más

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    Die Neuformierung der Welt seit 1989

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    The Crisis of the Self-Made Man

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  • Mapping the Great Game

    Explorers, Spies and Maps in 19th-Century Asia

    de Riaz Dean ...
    The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography.In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, ... Leer más

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  • John Keats

    Poetry, Life & Landscapes

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  • The Roots of Ireland's Troubles

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  • Philosophy Between the Lines

    The Lost History of Esoteric Writing

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  • Blood and Money

    War, Slavery, Finance, and Empire

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    The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle

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