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

Informationen zum Autor Peter Watson is a journalist, television presenter and historian of ideas. He was a senior editor of the Sunday Times, New York correspondent of The Times and a columnist for the Observer. He has written for multiple publications, including the New York Times and Spectator. His books, which have been translated into more than 25 languages, include Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud, The German Genius, The French Mind and Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science. 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: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 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, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)