9780299165840: Confronting History: A Memoir
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ISBN 10 : 0299165841 ISBN 13 : 9780299165840
Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 2013

Synopsis

Just two weeks before his death in January 1999, George L. Mosse, one of the great American historians, finished writing his memoir, a fascinating and fluent account of a remarkable life that spanned three continents and many of the major events of the twentieth century.

Confronting History describes Mosse's opulent childhood in Weimar Berlin; his exile in Paris and England, including boarding school and study at Cambridge University; his second exile in the U.S. at Haverford, Harvard, Iowa, and Wisconsin; and his extended stays in London and Jerusalem. Mosse discusses being a Jew and his attachment to Israel and Zionism, and he addresses his gayness, his coming out, and his growing scholarly interest in issues of sexuality. This touching memoir-told with the clarity, passion, and verve that entranced thousands of Mosse's students-is guided in part by his belief that "what man is, only history tells" and, most of all, by the importance of finding one's self through the pursuit of truth and through an honest and unflinching analysis of one's place in the context of the times.

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À propos de l'auteur

George L. Mosse (1918-99) was a legendary scholar, teacher, and mentor. A refugee from Nazi Germany, in 1955 he joined the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was both influential and popular. Mosse was an early leader in the study of modern European cultural and intellectual history, the study of fascism, and the history of sexuality and masculinity. Over his career, he authored more than two dozen books.

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Éditeur
University of Wisconsin Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0299165841
ISBN 13 
9780299165840
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0299165809 ISBN 13 :  9780299165802
Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 1999
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