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Stranded in the present : modern time and the melancholy of history /

"In this book, Peter Fritzsche explores how Europeans and Americans saw themselves in the drama of history, how they took possession of a past thought to be slipping away, and how they generated countless stories about the sorrowful, eventful paths they chose to follow." "Tracing the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Fritzsche, Peter, 1959-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The French revolution and the evidence of history
  • Strangers
  • Ruins
  • Along the hedges
  • Household fairies
  • Conclusion : the historical age.