Masters and Lords

Masters and Lords
Author: Shearer Davis Bowman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1993-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195363949

Among the regional landed elites in the Western World of the mid-1800s, the two most formidable were the owners of slave plantations in the Southern states of the U.S. and the proprietors of manorial estates in the provinces of Prussian East Elbia. Masters and Lords surveys the economic, social, and political histories of the two classes from the seventeenth and sixteenth centuries respectively, and pays particular attention to planters during the secession crisis of 1860-61 and to Junkers during the revolutionary crisis of 1848-49. In the process, Bowman grapples with such ambiguous and contentious concepts as capitalism, conservatism, and paternalism. Despite very different labor systems, antebellum planters and contemporaneous Junkers alike presided over landed estates that functioned as both autocratic political communities and agricultural enterprises exporting valuable commodities to industrializing England. This book also highlights important geographic, demographic, and political contrasts between the South and East Elbia as regional societies. Bowman concludes that the crucial distinction between the two landed elites is to be found in the Junkers' militarist and estatist monarchism versus the planters' libertarian but racist republicanism.

Frontsoldaten

Frontsoldaten
Author: Stephen G. Fritz
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2010-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813127815

Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.I believe that true heroism lies in bearing this dreadful everyday life." In exploring the reality of the Landser, the average German soldier in World War II, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, Stephen G. Fritz provides the definitive account of the everyday war of the German front soldier. The personal documents of these soldiers, most from the Russian front, where the majority of German infantrymen saw service, paint a richly textured portrait of the Landser that illustrates the complexity and paradox of his daily life. Although clinging to a self-image as a decent fellow, the German soldier nonetheless committed terrible crimes in the name of National Socialism. When the war was finally over, and his country lay in ruins, the Landser faced a bitter truth: all his exertions and sacrifices had been in the name of a deplorable regime that had committed unprecedented crimes. With chapters on training, images of combat, living conditions, combat stress, the personal sensations of war, the bonds of comradeship, and ideology and motivation, Fritz offers a sense of immediacy and intimacy, revealing war through the eyes of these self-styled "little men." A fascinating look at the day-to-day life of German soldiers, this is a book not about war but about men. It will be vitally important for anyone interested in World War II, German history, or the experiences of common soldiers throughout the world.

A Pioneer History of Becker County, Minnesota

A Pioneer History of Becker County, Minnesota
Author: Alvin H. Wilcox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 772
Release: 1907
Genre: Becker County (Minn.)
ISBN:

A historical book providing a brief account of Becker County's natural history, along with numerous articles written by various early pioneers relating to the history of the county.

LIFE

LIFE
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 1968-07-19
Genre:
ISBN:

LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Bismarck

Bismarck
Author: C. Grant Robertson, M.A., C.V.O.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 1919
Genre:
ISBN:

Bismarck

Bismarck
Author: Sir Charles Grant Robertson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 566
Release: 1919
Genre: Europe
ISBN:

Describes the military tactics, maneuvers, and results of both major and minor land battles of the Revolutionary War from Lexington and Concord to Yorktown.

Schmidt - Theyer

Schmidt - Theyer
Author: Walther Killy
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 749
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 3110966298

The "Dictionary of German National Biography" is unique, complete and comprehensive with biographies of 60,000 people from the German-speaking world. It covers not only individuals from Germany but also from Austria, Switzerland and other countries where German is or used to be spoken. Coverage stretches all the way from the time of Charlemagne to the present day and includes lesser-known as well as world-famous Germans. In order to ensure that entries were as objective as possible, only individuals whose life and works have come to an end were included.