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050 00 $aDD418.6.S33$bM87 2008
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100 1 $aMustafa, Sam A.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001097609
245 14 $aThe long ride of Major von Schill :$ba journey through German history and memory /$cSam A. Mustafa.
260 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axxv, 313 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tI Would Rather Die a Thousand Deaths -- $g2.$tHe Could Do Wonderful Things -- $g3.$tAn End with Terrors -- $g4.$tSpirit of Our Ferdinand -- $g5.$tTriumphant, Dangerous Magic -- $g6.$tEmpire of Memory -- $g7.$tAll Is Not Lost -- $g8.$tHe Is a Soldier, and Must Obey -- $g9.$tMore Than Just Blood or Homeland -- $tEpilogue: Schill Street.
520 1 $a"This unique book traces the past two hundred years of German history, using an iconic German folk hero as a bellwether of changing politics and culture. In 1809, at the height of Napoleon's power in Europe, the Prussian Major Ferdinand von Schill led a revolt against the French empire. Within a month his rebellion was crushed, and Schill became a martyr for German nationalists. As the years passed, Schill's legend grew and evolved until he had become one of Germany's most famous and celebrated Napoleonic figures: the subject of hundreds of novels, poems, plays, operas, films, biographies, and monuments." "Sam A. Mustafa explores the radical changes in German society and politics in the two centuries since Schill's death. In the first English-language work on the subject, he shows how Schill remarkably endured as other heroes fell in and out of fashion. For imperial propagandists, Liberal Democrats, Nazis, and Communists alike, he was a favorite historical icon and cultural touchstone. The author traces how an obscure failed rebel became a revered national symbol of patriotism and heroism and the ways each successive German regime coopted his story for its own ideological mission. Drawing on a rich array of primary and secondary sources, Mustafa considers the nature of patriotism, the creation of heroes and heroic mythology, and the fragility of history itself in a masterful narrative that will be an invaluable reference for anyone interested in the German experience during the Napoleonic War."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aSchill, Ferdinand von,$d1776-1809$xIn literature.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y1789-1900.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054569
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054584
650 0 $aHeroes$zGermany$xHistory.
650 0 $aCollective memory$zGermany.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120624
852 00 $bglx$hDD418.6.S33$iM87 2008