Title:Cultures of Communication: New Historical Perspectives
Author(s):MCMAHON, RichardDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This contribution locates the current collection of papers by young European historians in the historical context of historical and social scientific study of culture, and especially the historical turn, which reconciles ...
Title:Currency and Royal Majesty in 14th Century France
Author(s):PIRON, SylvainDate:1996Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Modern currency is by definition national currency. In the case of France, the process of constructing a monetary territorial unit begins at the end of the 12th century and undergoes a period of strong affirmation under ...
Title:Dead Men Working: Time and Space in London's ('Illegal') Migrant Economy
Author(s):AHMAD, Ali NobilDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explores human smuggling's consequences through a study of London's Pakistani immigrant economy, paying particular attention to the labour process and its experiential dimensions. The latter are unpacked in ...
Title:Decentring the German Spirit: The Weimar Republic’s cultural relations with Latin America
Author(s):GOEBEL, Thomas MichaelDate:2009-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses the Weimar Republic's cultural relations with Latin America. Based on diplomatic correspondence and the writings of Latin American intellectuals who visited Weimar Germany, the article combines an ...
Title:Die Krise ist kein Fußballspiel: Bemerkungen zu einem medial inszenierten Konflikt
Author(s):PANAGIOTIDIS, JannisDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article argues that the perception of a crisis in German-Greek relations that began with the „Greek crisis“ in the autumn of 2009 is the result of media coverage on both sides that indulged in football-style „us“ ...