This catalog page lists books for German history, covering events, people, culture, and other important books.
These books are written in English.
The books on this page are offered for sale in association with Barnes and Noble.com.
FOR BOOK PRICES: Click on the book title, then click your browser's back button to return to this page.
ORDERING BOOKS: To order any book on this page, click on the book title. Place your book in the shopping cart. Then click on
your browsers back button to return here to select another book. When you have selected and placed your last book in the shopping
cart, remain at the Barnes and Noble.com page and follow the instructions there to complete your purchase.
Ordering your books with Barnes and Noble.com through our bookstore is convenient, quick, safe and easy.
For additional books on German history, Prussia, or any other subject, please use the Barnes and Noble.com browsers by clicking on
Browser Boxes . These browse boxes will allow you to search the entire Barnes and Noble.com web site database for any book title from many subjects and categories.
|
D. H. Green / Paperback 460 pages / Published August 2000 This book offers a distinctive and accessible approach to the earliest encounters of the barbarian societies of Northern Europe with classical antiquity and with early Christianity. It brings together linguistic evidence from across Europe and dating from before Caesar to about 900 AD, to shed light on important aspects of Germanic culture. It shows how historical phonology and semantics, often avoided by nonspecialists, can provide important clues for historians and archaeologists of the period. Likewise, it demonstrates that philologists and linguists ignore historical evidence at their peril.
The purpose of this book is to use our knowledge of the early Germanic languages to fill in gaps in our knowledge of the history and culture of the peoples who spoke them. The book provides a great deal of information, organized by divisions of culture, such as warfare and religion. the author presupposes a bit more knowledge of the Germanic languages and of Latin than most readers are likely to have. This will from time to time make a point difficult to follow. |
|
John T. Waterman / Paperback 284 pages / Published March 1991 The most accessible, well-balanced history of the German language available! No comparable work is available in English or German that gives readers an adequate foundation in the methods, goals, and results of historico-comparative linguistics as they apply to the German language and its historical antecedents. Waterman's monograph excels through its clear presentation of materials, the extensive use of charts and maps, and a well-organized bibliography. A wealth of examples document a surprisingly broad review of German language issues. |
|
John Richard Clark Hall, Herbert D. Meritt (Contributor) This is an excellent Anglo-Saxon dictionary, and at a reasonable price. This book does a good job of bringing together a lexicon of Old English words. Keeping in mind that several modern languages sprung partly from this base, so it helps if the reader understands some German. For example, the "ge-" prefix is used much the same way that it is used in German. However, there is one important error to keep in mind, and that is the use of the "eth" character for cases where "thorn" is used in the original texts. But, this small error do not subtract much from the overall quality and usefulness of this dictionary. |
|
Hagen Schulze (Author), Sarah Hanbury-Tenison (Translator) The arduous path from the colorful diversity of the Holy Roman Empire to the Prussian-dominated German nation-state, Bismarck's German Empire of 1871, led through revolutions, wars and economic upheavals, but also through the cultural splendor of German Classicism and Romanticism. Hagen Schulze takes a fresh look at late eighteenth and nineteenth century German history, explaining it as the interaction of revolutionary forces from below and from above, of economics, politics, and culture. None of the results were predetermined, and yet their outcome was of momentous significance for all of Europe, if not the world. |
|
Konrad H. Jarausch / Paperback: 304 pages / Published February 1994 The bringing down of the Berlin Wall is one of the most vivid images and historic events of the late twentieth century. The reunification of Germany has transformed the face of Europe. In one stunning year, two separate states with clashing ideologies, hostile armies, competing economies, and incompatible social systems merged into one. The speed and extent of the reunification was so great that many people are still trying to understand the events. Initial elation has given way to the realities and problems posed in reuniting two such different systems. |
|
Erich Eyck / Paperback / Published January 1964 |
|
|
This history of the political career of Otto von Bismarck explains how Bismarck united the loose collection of weak German states during the mid 1800s by skillfully manipulating international relations and domestic politics. This is a thorough analysis of German history that demonstrates how Bismarck emerged as the premier European statesman of his day and what that meant to German development.
Bismarck became the preeminent individual in international politics. Bismarck was also the master of German domestic politics, manipulating the various parties for his own ends. Eventually no one in Europe would dare leave Bismarck out of their calculations. But Bismarck finally wore out his welcome when the times he had created changed and he did not change with them.
Bismarck used alliances with Austria, France, Italy, and Russia at various times to further Prussian or German objectives, then subsequently dissolved many such alliances as Bismarck's ambitions changed. However, part of Bismarck's genius was knowing when to stop wars of aggression and decide instead to pursue diplomatic channels.
This book remains a credible scholar work proven by the fact that it is still in print in spite of the fact that it was published nearly forty years old. |
|
|
James Charles Roy, Amos Elon (Introduction) / Paperback 398 pages / Published June 2000 |
|
|
This excellent book defines Prussia geographically and presents a summarize of its rise from its 12th-century founding by Christian knights of the Teutonic Order to the present. Prussia and its hereditary rulers, the Hohenzollerns, reached their political zenith in 1871, when they effectively ruled the Second German Empire. After World War I and the abdication of Wilhelm II, who was the last ruling Hohenzollern, Prussia ceased to exist as a political entity and its territory was incorporated into a greater Germany. |
|
Remember, ordering on line at Barnes and Noble.com is convenient, safe and easy, guaranteed.
Click on this banner.
Browse through hundreds of new and used books by category.
Use this Browse Boxes to find more books on kayaks, boat building, browse any book category, or find any product.
Use these browse boxes by choosing a category from their pull-down menu. Enter a keyword where applicable.
Then click on Go!.
|
|
Remember, ordering on line at Amazon.com is safe and easy, guaranteed.
Return to the Bouldercreek Bookstore Catalogue Directory Return to Luebeck Haus Bookstore Catalogue Directory Visit our mail order and online store Kings Corner Store Visit the Art Gallery at Lübeck Haus Go to Lübeck Haus Catalogue Directory
Thank you for shopping at Boulder Creek Bookstore.
If you haven't found that special book after searching this site, send us the book's details and we will try to locate your book for you.
If you have comments, book requests, or questions, email webmeister at lübeckhaus@sedelmeier.com
