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This introduction to contemporary historical theory and practice shows how issues of identity have shaped how we write history. Stefan Berger charts how a new self-reflexivity about what is involved in the process of writing history entered the historical profession and the part that historians have played in debates about the past and its meaningfulness for the present. He introduces key trends in the theory of history such as postmodernism, poststructuralism, constructivism, narrativism and the linguistic turn and reveals, in turn, the ways in which they have transformed how historians have written history over the last four decades. The book ranges widely from more traditional forms of history writing, such as political, social, economic, labour and cultural history, to the emergence of more recent fields, including gender history, historical anthropology, the history of memory, visual history, the history of material culture, and comparative, transnational and global history.

Social movements have shaped and are shaping modern societies around the globe; this is evident when we look at examples such as the Arab Spring, Spain’s Indignados and the wider Occupy movement. In this volume, experts analyse the ‘classic’ and new social movements from a uniquely global perspective and offer insights in current theoretical discussions on social mobilisation. Chapters are devoted both to the study of continental developments of social movements going back to the nineteenth century and ranging to the present day, and to an emphasis on the transnational dimension of these movements. Interdisciplinary and truly international, this book is an essential text on social movements for historians, political scientists, sociologists, philosophers and social scientists.

Seit seiner Erfindung durch Pierre Nora in den 1980er Jahren hat das Konzept der Erinnerungsorte eine ganze Lawine von Literatur in den Kulturwissenschaften ausgelöst und sich zu einem „Erfolgskonzept“ sondergleichen entwickelt. Die Beiträge des Sammelbands beschäftigen sich mit der Frage „Was ist ein Erinnerungsort und wie entsteht er?“ und stellen dieses Erfolgskonzept wiederum auf den Prüfstand: Wie hat es sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten entwickelt? Wie wurde es adaptiert und entwickelt? Welche Stärken und Schwächen hat es in dieser Zeit gezeigt? Die Autoren geben aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven Antworten auf diese Fragen und loten aus, inwiefern es sich bei dem Konzept der Erinnerungsorte um ein taugliches Konzept handelt, das man auch für die Untersuchung von Erinnerungsdiskursen im Ruhrgebiet sinnvoll anwenden kann.

Moving the Social – Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements is a multi-disciplinary, international and peer-reviewed journal. It focuses on transnational and comparative perspectives on the history of social movements set in a wider context of social history. It appears twice yearly. During the last evaluation of the ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities (2011), the Journal was ranked INT2 (international with significant visibility). Moving the Social publishes research at the cutting edge of social history, broadly defined. This involves in particular the analysis of the diversity of economic, social, political and mental structures of social movements, from historical and social science perspectives, and the introduction of new research that is relevant to the field of social movement studies.

How objective are our history books? This addition to the Writing History series examines the critical role that memory plays in the writing of history. This book includes: - Essays from an international team of historians, bringing together analysis of forms of public history such as museums, exhibitions, memorials and speeches - Coverage of the ancient world to the present, on topics such as oral history and generational and collective memory - Two key case studies on Holocaust memorialisation and the memory of Communism

Moving the Social - Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements is a multi-disciplinary, international and peer-reviewed journal. It focuses on transnational and comparative perspectives on the history of social movements set in a wider context of social history. It appears twice yearly.Moving the Social publishes research at the cutting edge of social history, broadly defi ned. This involves in particular the analysis of the diversity of economic, social, political and mental structures of social movements, from historical and social science perspectives, and the introduction of new research that is relevant to the fi eld of social movement studies.

During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc’s most hard-line the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British Labour Party and the Trade Unions often had closer ties with communist East Germany than the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). There were strong connections between the East German and British churches, women’s movements, and peace movements; influential conservative politicians and the Communist leadership in the GDR had working relationships; and lucrative contracts existed between business leaders in Britain and their counterparts in East Germany. Based on their extensive knowledge of the documentary sources, the authors provide the first comprehensive study of Anglo-East German relations in this surprisingly under-researched field. They examine the complex motivations underlying different political groups’ engagement with the GDR, and offer new and interesting insights into British political culture during the Cold War.

Die russische Exklave Kaliningrad hat in den letzten Jahren intensive transnationale Debatten ausgelöst. Dabei standen immer wieder nicht nur praktische Probleme, wie der Transit von Kaliningrad nach Russland, im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch Fragen der Identitätspolitik. Wie sehen die Kaliningrader sich selber? Seit der Perestrojka Gorbacevs in den 1980er Jahren gibt es in der Stadt am Pregel eine intensive Debatte um die deutsche Vergangenheit Kaliningrads. Spätestens mit der feierlichen Begehung des 750-jährigen Stadtjubiläums 2005 ist ein Bekenntnis zu Königsberg auch bei offiziellen Stellen kein Tabu mehr. Viele Kaliningrader sehen sich mittlerweile zwar als Russen, aber sie bestehen gleichzeitig darauf, dass sie in mancherlei Hinsicht, gerade auch wegen der besonderen Vergangenheit ihrer Stadt, andere Russen sind als die im Mutterland. Sie sehen sich selbst als westlicher und europäischer und gebrauchen die Vergangenheit ihrer Stadt, um sich in der Gegenwart ein lokales und regionales Profil zu geben. Der von Stefan Berger herausgegebene Sammelband thematisiert nicht nur die Debatten in Kaliningrad, sondern beleuchtet ebenfalls, welche Perspektiven die geistigen und geografischen Nachbarn Kaliningrads auf die Stadt an der baltischen Ostseeküste entwickeln, wobei besonders die Diskussionen in Deutschland, Polen, Litauen und Skandinavien Berücksichtigung finden.

The first book of its kind to describe the art of NMR using everyday examples. This textbook will not only fascinate students wanting to learn about the topic, but also those experienced analytical chemists who are still inspired by their profession. The contents provide for easy reading by using natural products that everyone knows, such as caffeine, backed by an attractive layout with many pictures to visualize the topics. In addition, an in-depth analytical part makes the book a valuable teaching tool, or for self-learning using the questions and answers at the end of each chapter.