| Description |
1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Histoire ; Band 64 |
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Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 64.
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| Contents |
Editorial -- "A full Account of the rise, progress and declension of our Journal" / Bös, Birte -- Projektemacher / Brakensiek, Stefan -- The Darién Scheme / Claridge, Claudia -- Fragments as Failed Texts / Gurr, Jens Martin -- A Miserable Sight / Heyl, Christoph -- Warum Religionsgespräche scheitern / Nieden, Marcel -- Substituting Fantasy for Achievement / Pointner, Frank Erik -- Glücksschmied und Schiffbruch / Wesche, Jörg |
| Summary |
This volume elaborates the mostly unwritten history of failure for the Early Modern period with case studies from English Studies, History, German Studies, and Theology |
| Analysis |
Cultural History |
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Early Modern History |
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England |
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Germany |
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Guyana |
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History of Science |
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History |
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Newspaper |
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Religion |
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Scotland |
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Travelogue |
| Notes |
5 English, 3 German contributions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Stefan Brakensiek (Prof. Dr. phil.) teaches early modern history at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Claudia Claridge (Prof. Dr. phil.) teaches English Linguistics and Language History at the University of Duisburg-Essen |
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Five English and three German contributions |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 05 2015) |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 16th century
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Civilization, Modern -- 17th century.
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Failure (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- History
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History.
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History: specific events and topics.
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Humanities.
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Social and cultural history.
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HISTORY -- Social History.
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Civilization, Modern.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brakensiek, Stefan, editor
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Claridge, Claudia, editor
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| ISBN |
9783839427828 |
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3839427827 |
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3837627829 |
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9783837627824 |
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