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BERGHAHN BOOKS AT THE SHA 2019 CONFERENCE

SHA Conference logoWe are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the SHA 2019 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology in St. Charles, Missouri, January 9th – 12th, 2019. Please stop by Table 16 to browse our latest selection of books at discounted prices and pick up free journal samples.

 

If you are unable to attend, we would like to provide you with a special discount offer. For the next 30 days, receive a 25% discount on all Archaeology titles found on our website. At checkout, simply enter the discount code SHA19.

 

We hope to see you in St. Charles!

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German Unity Day

Two weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, on 28 November 1989, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced a 10-point program calling for the two Germanys to expand their cooperation with the view toward eventual reunification. On 18 May 1990, the two German states signed a treaty agreeing on monetary, economic and social union. On October 3rd, 1990, Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany were reunited to create one single federal Germany, now celebrated as German Unity Day!

Take advantage of our offer of FREE access to the journal, German Politics and Society until the end of the year! Please use code GSA18 and redeem here.

 

We are also currently offering free access to the article: Politics of Emotions: Journalistic Reflections on the Emotionality of the West German Peace Movement, 1979-1984 in recognition of International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons until October 10.

Berghahn is honored to present some of the relevant titles on the History of German Unification:

 

A History Shared and Divided: East and West Germany since the 1970sA HISTORY SHARED AND DIVIDED
East and West Germany since the 1970s
Frank Bösch
Translated from the German by Jennifer Walcoff Neuheiser

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Happy World Tourism Day

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September 27th is World Tourism Day and this year’s theme is Tourism and the Digital Transformation. The purpose of WTD is to raise awareness of the role of tourism within the international community and a unique opportunity to explore potential contribution of digital technologies to sustainable tourism development. For more information please visit wtd.unwto.org.

 

Berghahn is happy to present a selection of relevant titles and offer a limited time 25% discount on all our Travel and Tourism books. Simply enter discount code WTD18 at checkout, valid through October 27th, 2018.

For a limited time, we’re pleased to offer FREE access to select journal articles in honor of World Tourism Day. See below for details.

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Berghahn will be at the German Studies Association 2018 Conference!

We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the annual German Studies Association conference in Pittsburgh PA, on September 27th-30th, 2018. Please stop by our stand to browse our latest selection of books at discounted prices & pick up some free journal samples.

 

Berghahn Books is very pleased to invite you to a wine reception at the GSA co-hosted with the DEFA Film Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Please join us on Friday, September 28th from 5-6pm in the book exhibit area to celebrate the publication of SCREENED ENCOUNTERS: The Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, 1955-1990 by Caroline Moine, the first volume in our new Film and the Global Cold War series.

 

If you are unable to attend the conference, we would like to provide you with a special discount offer. In celebration of the New Academic Year, receive a 50% discount, until 30th September 2018  on all German Studies titles found on our website. At checkout, simply enter the discount code GSA18.

We are also offering FREE access to the journal, German Politics and Society until the end of the year! Please use code GSA18 and redeem here.

 

Browse our new 2018-19 German Studies Catalog online or visit our website for a complete listing of all published and forthcoming titles. Continue reading “Berghahn will be at the German Studies Association 2018 Conference!” →

The Berlin Wall Is Built

On August 13, 1961, Berlin woke up to a shock: the East German Army had begun construction on the infamous Berlin Wall. The Wall was initially constructed in the middle of Berlin, and expanded over the following months. It entirely cut off West Berlin from the surrounding East Germany, prohibiting East Germans to pass into West Germany.

The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the “will of the people” in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked East Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period. The Berlin Wall came to symbolize the “Iron Curtain” that separated Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.

Browse Berghahn relevant titles on History of divided Germany:

Memorializing the GDR: Monuments and Memory after 1989MEMORIALIZING THE GDR
Monuments and Memory after 1989
Anna Saunders

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Happy Bastille Day

paris-1293750_1920Celebrated on July, 14, Bastille Day is the French national day and one of the most important bank holidays in France. The day commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789, a medieval fortress and prison which was a symbol of tyrannical Bourbon authority and had held many political dissidents, and symbolizes the end of absolute monarchy and the birth of sovereign Nation.

The following year, the Fête de la Fédération was held in Paris and across the nation by a populace that largely believed the French Revolution was over. As it turned out, they were mistaken–and by 1791 there was little in the way of national unity to celebrate. The holiday wasn’t picked up again until 1878 when it was a one-time official feast to honor the French Republic, which was followed by an unofficial, popular celebration of the day in 1879, which in turn led to a call to make it an official holiday in 1880 complete with a military parade which has been an annual fixture ever since.

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European Day of Parks

tree-3337811_1920Celebrated on May 24th, The European Day of Parks is a commemorative day for Protected Areas across Europe that was launched in 1999 by the EUROPARC Federation. National parks are priceless for the European cultural heritage and observance of European Day of Parks is aimed at strengthening of international cooperation in protection of environment. For more information and schedule of events please visit europarc.org.

 

In recognition of the day Berghahn is pleased to offer 25% discount on any of our Environmental Studies books for a limited time. Visit our webpage and simply enter the code Parks18 at checkout. Continue reading “European Day of Parks” →