Wolfgang Schivelbusch: 3 books

Book cover of The Culture of Defeat

The Culture of Defeat

On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery

by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013

A fascinating look at history's losers-the myths they create to cope with defeat and the steps they take never to be vanquished again History may be written by the victors, Wolfgang Schivelbusch argues in his brilliant and provocative new book, but the losers often have the final word. Focusing...
Book cover of Three New Deals

Three New Deals

Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939

by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007

From a world-renowned cultural historian, an original look at the hidden commonalities among Fascism, Nazism, and the New Deal Today Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal is regarded as the democratic ideal, the positive American response to an economic crisis that propelled Germany and Italy...
Book cover of The Railway Journey

The Railway Journey

The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century

by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014

The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change—the development...
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