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A review of the book "Letters and Papers From Prison," part of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works English Edition series, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, edited by Christian Gremmels and John W. de Gruchy, is presented.

A review of the book "Dietrich Bonhoeffer's 'Letters and Papers From Prison': A Biography," part of the Lives of Great Religious Books Series, by Martin E. Marty, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Paper Memory: A Sixteenth-Century Townsman Writes His World," by Matthew Lundin.

A review of the book "Bonhoeffer: A Brief Overview of the Life and Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)," part of the Theology for Life Series, by John W. Matthews, is presented.

Reviews the book `The Letters of C.P.E. Bach,' translated from the German and edited by Stephen L. Clark.

Reviews the book 'International Building Exhibition Berlin 1987: Examples of a New Architecture,' edited by Josef P. Kleihues and Heinrich Klotz.

The article reviews the book "Representations of Power in Medieval Germany, 800-1500," edited by Björn Weiler and Simon MacLean.

The article reviews the exhibition "Zeichnungen aus den 70ern" at the Galerie Melike Bilir in Hamburg, Germany.

This paper critiques several recent works on the history of the mass media in Germany by contextualizing them within the wider wave of interest in the subject since the 1990s. It highlights the limited extent to which the findings of this research on the history of mass communications have been integrated into broader structures of interpretation for the period since the middle of the nineteenth century. Although we have long had a reasonably detailed understanding of the technological, commercial and aesthetic development of the media, the works under review reflect the more recent trend towards investigating their immense social and political impact in the broadest sense. For the twentieth century in particular, the mass media played an absolutely central role in social, cultural and political life. They both reflected and helped to generate profound changes in all of these spheres, and approaching the media as an integral part of 'mainstream' history thus furnishes a powerful tool for analysing the multiple interconnections between them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'Nationalokonomie und Nationalsozialismus. Die deutsche Volkswirtschaftslehre in den dreibiger Jahren,' by Hauke Janssen.

The article reviews the book "Overcoming the Past, Determining Its Consequences and Finding Solutions for the Present," edited by M. Zaurov and K. B. Günther.

Reviews the book 'Crossing Boundaries. German and American Experiences with the Exclusion and Inclusion of Minorities,' edited by Larry Eugene Jones.

Reviews the book "Die wirtschaftlichen Wechsellagen," by Arthur Spiethoff.

Reviews the book 'Special Collections in German Libraries: Federal republic of Germany incl. Berlin (West),' compiled by Walter Gebhardt.

Reviews the paper "Jung und die Deutschen" by Arvid Erlenmeyer published in the 1992 issue of the "Analytische Psychologie" on the role of psychoanalyst Carl Jung in the emergence of psychotherapy in Germany.

A review of the book "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich," by Eric Metaxas, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Colonialism, Antisemitism, and Germans of Jewish Descent in Imperial Germany," by Christian S. Davis, part of the book series "Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany."

Reviews several books on Germany published in the United States as of January 1999. Includes `Advertisements From 1622 to 1798: The Origins and Development of a Textual Type,' by Sylvia Bendel; `Television Awards in Germany: Prizes, Prestige, Pressures,' by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer and Matthias Fley; `History of the Voice,' by Karl-Heinz Gottert.

D E Moggridge's perhaps too exhaustive biography is examined and some questions are raised relative to Keynes' views on theory and their source, and his views on German reparations and whether Britain should have accepted the original provisions of the agreement providing for establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a review essay on the book "Talcott Parsons on National Socialism," edited by Uta Gerhardt. Parsons' essays in the book are full of insights into the sociological aspects of fascist movements, the social structure of both pre-Nazi and Nazi Germany, propaganda and social control and memoranda for political and military intervention. Beyond sociologist Max Weber, a deep impact that psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud made on him can be seen in his essays. His use of psychoanalytical concepts predates the psychohistorical approach 20-30 years later and is reminiscent of sociologists Erich Fromm and Wilhelm Reich. His April 25, 1942 presidential address before the Eastern Sociological Society thoughtfully but turgidly makes theoretical connections between structural and psychological levels of society and variables of class, tradition and social access as important consequences of both. Parsons even touched on the issue of 'evil.' He was ahead of his time with regard to feminism. It was true that Parsons wrote in somewhat of a vacuum. He and the world were unaware of the full implications of evil during the Holocaust, that is, of the Final Solution. But he tried. He merits our intellectual and moral respect for that.

The article reviews the exhibition "Trends of the Twenties" at the New National Gallery in Berlin, Germany until October 16, 1979.

The article comment that while the German speaking peoples have given to the world most of the greatest music ever written, it is singular that as performers the Germans do not excel in the same way. Yet Germany is now considered, as Italy used to be, a high school of music for all the world. The Royal Academy of Music in London comments, however, that the state of affairs when no British student felt safe unless he had finished his schooling abroad is now past history. Two prominent German pedagogues, Steinhausen and Breitháupt, have recently issued treatises in which, on the whole the true method is taught. The question whether professional teaching aids in producing great pianists is not considered here.

Reviews the book "Germany: A Self-Portrait," edited by Harlan R. Crippen.

The article reviews the book "Die Wahrheit ist auf dem Feld: Eine Wissensgeschichte der deutschen Landwirtschaft," by Frank Uekötter.

The article reviews the book "Cosmopolitan Anxieties: Turkish Challenges to Citizenship and Belonging in Germany," by R.E. Mandel.

The article presents a review of the book "La mésentente apprivoisée: de Gaulle et les Allemands, 1963-1969," by Benedikt Schoenborn.

Reviews the book 'Urbanization and Crime: Germany 1871-1914,' by Eric A. Johnson.

Reviews the book 'Modell Deutschland--Modell Europa. Probleme. Perspektiven,' edited by Bruno Cattero.

Reviews the book "What I Saw: Reports From Berlin," by Joseph Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann.

Notes Footnotes 1 Mikhail Bakhtin (trans. Helen Iswolsky), I Rabelais and His World i (Bloomington, 1968: orig. pub. in Russian, Moscow, 1965). In their different ways, Foucault, Burke, Darnton, and, perhaps above all, Davis each adopted and critically reinterpreted Bakhtin's fundamental insight. Early modern cultural history as we understand it today is unthinkable without it.[2] Although Outram's book about court fools in eighteenth-century Germany does not mention Bakhtin by name, it bears his influence through and through. [Extracted from the article]

I only dislike the term "domestic archaeology" as applied to the discipline in Germany, since "domestic", in current-day archaeology, usually implies a connection to household and family structures. In archaeology, Gustaf Kossinna advocated prehistory as a nationalist research agenda and an instrument to promote Germans as a superior race thanks to their material culture. In I Germany's Ancient Pasts i , Brent Maner explores antiquarian and archaeological research in (what would become) Germany from the eighteenth century on. [Extracted from the article]