The German Genius - Europe's 3rd Renaissance, the 2nd Scientific Revolution and the XXth C

Informationen zum Autor Peter Watson was born in 1943 and was educated at universities in Durham, London and Rome. He has been on the staff of the Sunday Times and The Times, and has written for many other newspapers. He is the author of over a dozen books including Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud. He lives in London. Klappentext A virtuoso tour through the cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present. This is a grand, sweeping cultural history in the bestselling tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel, with the resonance and historical punch of books like Daniel Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioner. It demonstrates with an extraordinary display of erudition and accessibility how, were it not for Hitler and the Nazis, the twentieth century would have been dominated by Germany rather than America. A completely original thesis, stunningly executed. Zusammenfassung A virtuoso tour through the cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present

Product details

• Authors: Watson, Peter Watson
• Publisher: Pocket Books UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.07.2011
• EAN: 9781416526155
• ISBN: 978-1-4165-2615-5
• No. of pages: 964
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 50 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Geistesgeschichte, Deutschland; Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Deutschland, 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Deutsche Geschichte / Allgemeine Gesamtdarstellungen, Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century