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Imperial Germany 1867-1918

Preface and acknowledgments Preface to the English edition Translator’s notes The German Empire as a system of skirted decisions A delaying compromise: the division of authority in the German Imperial constitution of 1871 The Prussian conception of the state and the German idea of Empire: Prussia and the German Empire in recent German history Society …

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Scenes of Madness

Introduction Lessons at the Theatre Models of Madness The Stories Plays Tell Reality and Illusion Family Feuds Breaking Free From the Past Recoveries Conclusions

The Faber Book of Science

Introduction[rtoc] Prelude: The Misfit from Vinci   Leonardo da Vinci Going inside the Body   Andreas Vesalius Galileo and the Telescope  Galileo Galilei William Harvey and the Witches  Geoffrey Keynes The Hunting Spider  Robert Hooke and John Evelyn Early Blood Transfusion   Henry Oldenburg and Thomas Shadwell Little Animals in Water  Antony van Leeuwenhoek An Apple and Colours  …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 9, Modern Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Cultural and Social Setting  Roy Shaw and Gwen Shaw[rtoc] Wartime beginnings Post-war achievements and disillusion Cultural democracy: a mixed blessing? Radio, television, and the press The consumer society The youth culture phenomenon The permissive society The Arts Council Class, the New Left, and education Pressure groups in …

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