Addresses questions of how to deal with internal issues of social inequality and cultural diversity and, at the same time, how to build a shared civility among their different national, ethnic, religious and social groups.
Explores a diversity of circumstances and motives towards contemporary mobility, ranging from expatriates to peripatetic professionals to middle class migrants in search of extended educational and career opportunities to people seeking self-development through travel.
Offers fresh perspectives on key debates surrounding Germany's descent into and emergence from the Nazi catastrophe. This book explores... Læs mere
Using case studies, focusing on nation and nationalism, military and war, colonialism, politics and protest, class and citizenship, religion,... Læs mere
Hitler, a failed painter, had retained his youthful passion for art, architecture, and Wagnerian music throughout his life. This book explores Hitler... Læs mere
Presents the life-worlds and personal experiences of workers and employees in three enterprises in East Berlin at the moment of... Læs mere
The work of Andrzej Wajda, one of the world's most important filmmakers, shows remarkable cohesion in spite of the wide ranging scope of his... Læs mere
Places the practices of racism at the center of analysis of so-called post-racist or multi-cultural nation-states.... Læs mere
In writings about travel, the Balkans appear most often as a place travelled to. Western accounts of the Balkans revel in the different and the... Læs mere
For more than a decade, West Germany denied Israel the commencement of official diplomatic relations.... Læs mere
The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the... Læs mere
In the decades since the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe, time has been a central resource under negotiation. Focusing on a... Læs mere