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050 14 $aDD61$b.W39 2011
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100 1 $aWatson, Peter,$d1943-
245 14 $aThe German genius :$bEurope's third renaissance, the second scientific revolution, and the twentieth century /$cPeter Watson.
246 30 $aEurope's third renaissance, the second scientific revolution, and the twentieth century
250 $a1st Harper Perennial ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper Perennial,$c2011.
300 $axix, 964 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 857-926) and index.
505 0 $aThe great turn in German life -- A third renaissance, between doubt and Darwin -- The rise of the educated middle class : the engines and engineers of modern prosperity -- The miseries and miracles of modernity -- Songs of the Reich : Hitler and the "spiritualization of the struggle" -- Beyond Hitler : continuity of the German tradition under adverse conditions.
520 8 $a"From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined. Yet this remarkable genius was cut down in its prime by Adolf Hitler and his disastrous Third Reich--a brutal legacy that has overshadowed the nation's achievements ever since. In this absorbing cultural and intellectual history, Peter Watson goes back through time to explore the origins of the German genius, explaining how, and why it flourished, how it shaped our lives, and, most important, how it continues to influence our world. Watson's virtuoso sweep through modern German thought and culture will challenge and confound both the stereotypes the world has of Germany and those that Germany has of itself"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.
534 $pOriginally published:$cNew York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010.
651 0 $aGermany$xIntellectual life.
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