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Dueling : The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siècle Germany /

The question of what it takes ""to be a man"" comes under scrutiny in this sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel--the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siecle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted to swords or had been abolished...

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Autor principal: McAleer, Kevin, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [1994]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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