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Solide und umfassende Lektüre zur wirtschaftlichen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Weltgeschichte der Zeit zwischen 1870 und 1945 für ein historisches Fachpublikum. Mit umfangreichem Verzeichnis einschlägiger Forschungsliteratur

The first global history of the middle class While the nineteenth century has been described as the golden age of the European bourgeoisie, the emergence of the middle class and bourgeois culture was by no means exclusive to Europe. The Global Bourgeoisie explores the rise of the middle classes around the world during the age of empire. Bringing together eminent scholars, this landmark essay collection compares middle-class formation in various regions, highlighting differences and similarities, and assesses the extent to which bourgeois growth was tied to the increasing exchange of ideas and goods.

This volume combines a present-day and historical concern on the topic of global publics between the communication revolution of the 1870s and the digital age. Building on earlier theories of public spheres, Valeska Huber and Jurgen Osterhammel expand the notion of global publics not only geographically but also by charting new thematic territory, describing global publics as courts of global opinion, as market places, or as arenas for competition. As the first historical volume ever to combine different facets of global publics ranging from infrastructures, the press, film and theatre to human rights politics, it brings together established and emerging authors in the field of history and from related disciplines such as geography, sociology, and literature who explore how global publics were configured, imagined, and fragmented. In this way, Global Publics: Their Power and Their Limits not only provides a new conceptual framework and important case studies but also shows how histories of global communication might be studied in the future

How did the way people looked at music affect the interactions among different groups and individuals in the course of the 20th century? This volume presents a number of case examples from various musical genres and thus offers many insights into both general and genre-specific figurations of musical communication. This ranges from direct live acts to political productions, which cause inclusive and exclusive mechanisms to become active in communication processes taking place at various levels. The contributions to this volume show how, and why, opportunities for communication arise during musical activities which can lead to either complete harmony or fierce dissonance. --From publisher's website