Dueling : : The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siècle Germany / / Kevin McAleer.
The question of what it takes "to be a man" comes under scrutiny in this sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel--the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siécle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted to swords or had been abolished altogether i...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) :; 32 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I. The Last Imperial Knights
- CHAPTER II. Cowards Die a Thousand Times
- CHAPTER III. Theirs Not to Reason Why
- CHAPTER IV. Graduation with Honor
- CHAPTER V. Les Belles Dames Sans Merci
- CHAPTER VI. And Death Shall Have No Dominion
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index