1995

The Settlers

Introduction to the Emigrant Novels   Roger McKnight Vilhelm Moberg: The Early Years Moberg and Emigration Writing the Emigrant Novels Themes in the Emigrant Novels Introduction to The Settlers   Roger McKnight Bibliography for the Emigrant Novels   Vilhelm Moberg Suggested Readings in English   Roger McKnight Preface: The Land they Changed Foundation for Growth New Axes Ringing …

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Unto a Good Land

Introduction to the Emigrant Novels   Roger McKnight Vilhelm Moberg: The Early Years Moberg and Emigration Writing the Emigrant Novels Themes in the Emigrant Novels Introduction to Unto a Good Land   Roger McKnight Bibliography for the Emigrant Novels   Vilhelm Moberg Suggested Readings in English   Roger McKnight In Search of Homes A Ship Unloads Her Cargo …

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The Emigrants

Introduction to the Emigrant Novels   Roger McKnight Vilhelm Moberg: The Early Years Moberg and Emigration Writing the Emigrant Novels Themes in the Emigrant Novels Introduction to The Emigrants   Roger McKnight Bibliography for the Emigrant Novels   Vilhelm Moberg Suggested Readings in English   Roger McKnight By Way of Introduction The Peasants The Country Which They Left Gates …

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Gœtterdæmmerung

Hardback Programmheft accompanying 1995 Neuinszenierung at Staatsoper Unter den Linden directed by Harry Kupfer with designs by Hans Schavernoch. Includes Besetzungszettel for 13 December 1998. Endspiele   Walter Rösler Visionen vom Ende der Welt Die Offenbarung des Johannes Erinnerungen eines Verrückten   Gustave Flaubert (1838) Weltuntergang   Alexander Mortiz Frey (1913) Atomfeuer   Lovis Stavenhagen (1927) Opfer der Liebe: …

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Conversations about Bernstein

Introduction and Profile of a Musician   William Westbrook Burton Composers on Bernstein Lukas Foss David Diamond Writers/Critics on Bernstein Harold Schonberg Joan Peyser On the Record Paul Myers Bernstein Protégés John Mauceri Justin Brown From the Theatre Jonathan Miller Great Performers on Bernstein Jerry Hadley Mstislav Rostropovich Christa Ludwig Frederica von Stade Orchestras Members of …

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Weißt du wie das wird…?

Vorwort Einleitung Die Kunst und die Revolution Zur Entstehung Zeittafel Zu den Quellen: Stoff und Idee Zur Form Der Ring des Nibelungen Vorabend: Das Rheingold Erster Tag: Die Walküre Zweiter Tag: Siegfried Dritter Tag: Götterdämmerung

The Battle for History

Controversy and the Second World War Histories of the Second World War Biographies Campaigns The Brains and Sinews of War Occupation and Resistance

Africans: The History of a Continent

The frontiersmen of mankind The emergence of food-producing communities The impact of metals Christianity and Islam Colonising society in western Africa Colonising society in eastern and southern Africa The Atlantic slave trade Regional diversity in the nineteenth century Colonial invasion Colonial change, 1918-1950 Independent Africa Industrialisation and race in South Africa

The Viking Atlas of World War II

Foreword   Alan Bullock Chronology Key to Maps Part I: The Inter-War Period, 1919-1939 The Peace Settlement, 1919-1923 The Depression, 1929 Communism and Fascism, 1917-1934 Sino-Japanese Rivalry, September 1931-December 1941 The Road to War in Europe, March 1935-August 1939 European Armed Forces in 1939 Part II: The Axis Ascendant, September 1939-June 1942 The Greater German Reich   …

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Highlanders

Preface Origins Robert the Bruce and Bannockburn The Emergence of the Western Clans Clans of the Central and Eastern Highlands The Lords of the Isles and Clan Wars The Early Stuarts Flodden Clan Wars and the Stuarts Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI The Irish Connection James VI and the Power of the Clans …

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The Age of Capital: 1848-1875

Preface Introduction Revolutionary Prelude ‘The Springtime of Peoples’ Developments The Great Boom The World Unified Conflicts and War Building Nations The Forces of Democracy Losers Winners Changing Society Results The Land Men Moving City, Industry, the Working Class The Bourgeois World Science, Religion, Ideology The Arts Conclusion Tables Maps