Dueling: The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siecle Germany (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk) af Kevin McAleer

Dueling: The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siecle Germany

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Kevin McAleer

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The question of what it takes "to be a man" comes under scrutiny in this sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel--the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siecle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted to swords or had been abolished altogether in other nations, the custom of fighting to the death with pi

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Forlag Princeton University Press
Forfatter Kevin McAleer
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 14-07-2014
Første udgivelsesår 2014
Serie Princeton Legacy Library
Illustrationer 32 halftones
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 284
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Princeton University Press
Sideoplysninger 284 pages, 32 halftones
Mål 229 x 152
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780691608419