Confronting History: A MemoirGeorge L. Mosse, BASCOM-Weinstein Professor of History Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Koebner Professor of History Emeritus George L Mosse Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2000 - 219 עמודים Just two weeks before his death in January 1999, George L. Mosse, one of this century's great historians, finished writing his memoir, a fascinating and fluent account of a remarkable life that spanned three continents and many of the major events of the twentieth century. Writing about the events of his life through a historian's lens, Mosse gives us a personal history of our century. This is a story told with the clarity, passion, and verve that entranced thousands of Mosse's students and that countless readers have found, and will continue to find, in his many scholarly books. |
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CONFRONTING HISTORY: A Memoir
ביקורת משתמש - KirkusA richly enjoyable autobiography of the esteemed cultural historian.Mosse (1918-99) was born into a wealthy German-Jewish family in Prussia. Young George grew up in rather grand, if lonely, family ... קרא סקירה מלאה
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On Native Ground | 3 |
The Setting | 6 |
Family Matters | 19 |
Building Character in Salem | 53 |
Experiencing Exile | 71 |
Political Awakenings 94 6 Political Awakenings 7 Gaining a Foothold | 113 |
The Iowa Years | 129 |
Finally Home | 150 |
Confronting History | 171 |
Journey to Jerusalem | 187 |
London as Home | 203 |
The Past as Present | 212 |