Germany: 2000 Years I-II.

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GERMANY: 2000 YEARS
is a brilliant survey, both political and cultural, of Germany's history from the tir-.e of the pagan tribes to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Dr. Reinhardt sees Germany as an integral part of European tradition, to which she has contributed immeasurably and from which she departs only to court disaster. Each section of the book opens with a chronological table, followed by a brief account of political events and a discussion of major cultural trends. Literature, art, music, religion, trade, fashions and manners are treated with scholarly detail, in a polished and readable style which provides penetrating insight into the true background of modern Germany.
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UNUSUAL ILLUSTRATIONS and excellent maps enrich the text, arranged for this new edition in two convenient volumes. An enlarged, up-to-date bibliography supplies invaluable sources for the study of recent trends in German history.
. . no 'dry us dunr history, but a book that is vitally alive"—San... Tovább

Fülszöveg

GERMANY: 2000 YEARS
is a brilliant survey, both political and cultural, of Germany's history from the tir-.e of the pagan tribes to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Dr. Reinhardt sees Germany as an integral part of European tradition, to which she has contributed immeasurably and from which she departs only to court disaster. Each section of the book opens with a chronological table, followed by a brief account of political events and a discussion of major cultural trends. Literature, art, music, religion, trade, fashions and manners are treated with scholarly detail, in a polished and readable style which provides penetrating insight into the true background of modern Germany.
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UNUSUAL ILLUSTRATIONS and excellent maps enrich the text, arranged for this new edition in two convenient volumes. An enlarged, up-to-date bibliography supplies invaluable sources for the study of recent trends in German history.
. . no 'dry us dunr history, but a book that is vitally alive"—San Francisco Call-Bulletin. lon^ and extremely jusciuutinf> history compressed into a readablv and splendid reference ivorb,"—Boston Traveler.

KURT F. REINHARDT was born in Munich, and received his doctorate in comparative literature, philosophy and history from the University of Freiburg in 1922. He came to this country in 1928, and has been on the faculty of Stanford University since 1930. At present he is Professor of Germanic Languages there. His published works include numerous articles, translations and books. Among the best known are "Mysticism and Pietism," "A Realistic Philosophy," a translation of "The Dark Night of the Soul" by St. John of the Cross, and "The Existentialist Revolt."
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