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BLACKBOURN, David was born on November 1, 1949 in Spilsby, Lines. Son of Harry Blackboum and Pamela Jean Blackboum (nee Youngman).
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"A well-written, stimulating. . . piece of scholarship." -German Studies Review. In a major re-evaluation of the cultural, political, and sociological assumptions about the "peculiar" course of modern German history, the authors challenge the widely-held belief that Germany did not have a Western-style bourgeois revolution. Contending that it did indeed experience one, but that this had little to do with the mythical rising of the middle class, the authors provide a new context for viewing the tensions and instability of 19th-and early 20th-century Germany.
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In July 1876 three eight-year-old girls from Marpingen, a village in the west German border region of Saarland, claimed to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Their visions attracted tens of thousands of pilgrims and prompted numerous claims of miraculous cures. They also led to military intervention, the dispatching of an undercover detective, parliamentary debate, and a dramatic trial. This book examines an episode that contemporaries dubbed the 'German Lourdes', its background and its repercussions. David Blackbourn sets out to recreate the Catholic world of Bismarckian Germany through a detailed analysis of the changing social, economic, and community structures in which it was embedded, and a sensitive account of popular religious beliefs. He powerfully evokes the crisis-laden atmosphere of the 1870s, and offers a subtle interpretation of the interplay between politics and religion in newly unified Germany. The book ranges boldly across the fields of social, cultural and political history, in an engrossing story with many contemporary resonances.
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In the late eighteenth century, German-speaking Europe was a patchwork of principalities. Yet by the early twentieth century, unified Germany had become the most powerful state in Europe. David Blackbourn tells the story of this transformation with eloquence, authority and wit, weaving together political, social, and cultural history. This is a book about revolution, nationalism and the growing role of the state. It also explores subjects that range from religion to racism, and Mozart to medicine. The result is a powerful and original account of Germany from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War One. This highly praised book is now available in a new edition with an updated bibliography.
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"Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historical writing."—Ian Kershaw Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape. David Blackbourn begins his morality tale in the mid-1700s, with the epic story of Frederick the Great, who attempted—by importing the great scientific minds of the West and by harnessing the power of his army—to transform the uninhabitable marshlands of his scattered kingdom into a modern state. Chronicling the great engineering projects that reshaped the mighty Rhine, the emergence of an ambitious German navy, and the development of hydroelectric power to fuel Germany's convulsive industrial growth before World War I, Blackbourn goes on to show how Nazi racial policies rested on German ideas of mastery of the natural world. Filled with striking reproductions of paintings, maps, and photographs, this grand work of modern history links culture, politics, and the environment in an exploration of the perils faced by nations that attempt to conquer nature. 70 illustrations
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The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany [ The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany by Blackbourn, David ( Author ) Paperback Aug- 2007 ] Paperback Aug- 01- 2007
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History of Germany, 1780-1918: The Long Nineteenth Century by Blackbourn, Dav...
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BLACKBOURN, David was born on November 1, 1949 in Spilsby, Lines. Son of Harry Blackboum and Pamela Jean Blackboum (nee Youngman).
Bachelor with honors, Cambridge University, England, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1976.
Lecturer Queen Mary College, University London, 1976-1979, Birkbeck College, University London, 1985-1989, professor history, 1989-1992, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992-1997, Archibald Carey Coolidge professor, since 1997. Visiting Kratter professor history Stanford (California) University, 1989-1990. Guest lecturer United States, England, Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, since 1976.
George C. Windell lecturer New Orleans University, 2006. Crayenborgh lecturer Leiden University, 2007. Annual lecturer German History Institute, London, 1998.
Malcolm Wynn lecturer Stetson University, Florida, 2002. History consultant Channel 4 television (United Kingdom), History Channel (United States). Member advisory committee Edmund Spevack Memorial Trust, since 2002.
Director Center European Studies Harvard University, Cambridge, since 2007.
(The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making ...)
(In July 1876 three eight-year-old girls from Marpingen, a...)
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( For Computer Systems, Computer Organization and Archite...)
(In the late eighteenth century, German-speaking Europe wa...)
(History of Germany, 1780-1918: The Long Nineteenth Centur...)
("A well-written, stimulating. . . piece of scholarship." ...)
( "Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historic...)
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Author: Class, Religion and Local Politics in Wilhelmine Germany, 1980, (with G. Eley) The Peculiarities of German history, 1984, Populists and Patricians: Esssays in Modern German History, 1987. Co-editor: (with R.J. Evans) The German Bourgeoisie, 1991, Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Bismarckian Germany, 1993 (American History Association prize best book), The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, 1780-1918, 1998, 2nd edition, 2003, The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany, 2006 (George L. Moose prize American History Association, A. Weyerhaeuser prize Forest History Society). Member editorial board Past and Present, since 1988.Numerous appearances on British Broadcasting Systems, since 1977. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Governor Goodrich School, London, 1983—1986. Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences, Royal History Society. Member: Friends of German History Institute Washington (chair board directors), American History Association (committee on honorary foreign membership 2001-2003, president conference group on central European history 2003), German History Society (secretary 1979-1981, committee 1981-1986), Institute European History Mainz (advisory board 1995—2005), German History Institute London (academy advisory board 1983-1992).
Writing, reading, jazz, politics, classical music.
Married Deborah Frances Langton. 2 children.