New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Wahrnehmungen des Terrors
Berichte aus Sowjetrussland und der
Sowjetunion zwischen 1918 und 1938
by Wolfgang Geier
Hundreds of intellectuals, scientists, writers, artists, journalists
and representatives of different organizations visited
Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union between World Wars
I and II. This volume publishes some of the reports they
wrote, from different perspectives, on their impressions and
experiences of Bolshevik and Stalinist terror. German text.
189p, paperback, 9783447057363, $72.00(s), Harrassowitz
Verlag, July 2009, Studien der Forschungsstelle Ostmitteleuropa an der Universität Dortmund 40.
L’Invention de la catastrophe
au XVIIIe Siècle
Du châtiment divin au désastre naturel
edited by Anne-Marie Mercier-Faivre
and Chantal Thomas
The eighteenth century invented catastrophe. Linguistically,
the word appeared for the first time in its modern, nontheatrical,
sense. Scientifically and philosophically, scholars
and intellectuals liberated the notion of catastrophe from
the purely religious arena. Politically and in the media, the
history of catastrophes emerged at a time when people
were trying to anticipate disasters. French text.
544p, 34 pls, paperback, 9782600012041, $80.00(s), Librairie Droz, December 2008,
Bibliothèque des Lumières 73.
Balcani occidentali, Adriatico e Venezia fra XIII e XVIII secolo
Der westliche Balkan, der Adriaraum und Venedig (13.–18. Jahrhundert)
edited by Gherardo Ortalli and Oliver Jens Schmitt
In the history of Southeast Europe, Venice is usually considered a peripheral phenomenon. From
the perspective of Venetian history, the Eastern Adriatic and its hinterland formed an integral
part of the Stato da Mar, but most recent research has only focused on the Greek-speaking areas.
This volume brings together both perspectives, aiming at a comprehensive analysis of Venetian
domination in the Eastern Adriatic. German and Italian text.
406p, paperback, 9783700165019, $83.00(s), Austrian Academy of Sciences, October 2009.
Soziale und ästhetische Praxis der höfischen Fest-Kultur
im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert
edited by Kirsten Dickhaut, Jörn Steigerwald and Birgit Wagner
This volume studies the social and esthetic practices of feasting in the court culture of the 16th
and 17th centuries. German text.
400p, hardback, 9783447059190, $108.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, December 2009.
modern history
Zukunftsszenarien für den Verdichtungsraum
Graz-Maribor (LebMur)
Teil B - Rahmenbedingungen und Methoden
edited by Franz Prettenthaler and Eric Kirschner
This work is the second volume of a series dealing with long-term
plans for the future of the Graz-Maribor urban area. It examines
various legal and political structures at the European, national and
regional level – concerning land development in each country, but
also with regard to cross-border developments. German text.
204p, paperback, 9783700139119, $44.00(s),
Austrian Academy of Sciences, December 2008.
Soldaten zwischen nationalen Fronten
Die Auflösung der Militärgrenze und die Entwicklung
der königlich-ungarischen Landwehr (Honvéd) in
Kroatien-Slawonien 1868–1914
by Catherine Horel
The Hungarian Defence Force (Honvéd) was created after the conclusion
of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 1867 and the subsequent
reforms of the armed forces. While the Honvéd gradually
became a Hungarian national army, its Croatian units developed a
distinctly national-Croatian character. German text.
240p, paperback, 9783700164968, $55.00(s),
Austrian Academy of Sciences, October 2009,
Studien zur Geschichte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie.
Helmut Schmidt – Bibliographie 1947–2008
edited by Johannes Marbach and Klaus von Dohnanyi
A bibliography of the writings of former German Chancellor Helmut
Schmidt. German text.
399p, 1 illus, hardback, 9783447058803, $60.00(s),
Harrassowitz Verlag, October 2009.
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