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From Christian missionary publications to the media strategies employed by today's NGOs, this interdisciplinary collection explores the entangled histories of humanitarianism and media. It traces the emergence of humanitarian imagery in the West and investigates how the meanings of suffering and aid have been constructed in a period of evolving mass communication, demonstrating the extent to which many seemingly new phenomena in fact have long...

Dress is a key marker of difference. It is closely attached to the body, part of the daily routine, and an unavoidable means of communication. The clothes people wear tell stories about their allegiances and identities but also about their exclusion and stigmatization. They allow for the display of wealth and can mercilessly display poverty and indigence. Clothes also enable people to play with identities and affinities: for instance, individu...

From Christian missionary publications to the media strategies employed by today's NGOs, this interdisciplinary collection explores the entangled histories of humanitarianism and media. It traces the emergence of humanitarian imagery in the West and investigates how the meanings of suffering and aid have been constructed in a period of evolving mass communication, demonstrating the extent to which many seemingly new phenomena in fact have long...

How does terrorism affect our picture of the history of terrorism then, if the victims are moved centre stage? If the focus is put on their suffering? The contributions to this edition of the European History Yearbook will examine such questions in a broad range of historical case studies and methods, including visual history.

In seiner souveränen Synthese zeigt Johannes Paulmann, wie sehr sich die Lebenswelt der Europäer zwischen 1850 und 1914 wandelte. In dieser Epoche wurden materielle und geistige Grundlagen gelegt, die bis in unsere Gegenwart hinein aktuell sind. Gleichzeitig erlebte Europa den Höhepunkt seiner imperialen Machtentfaltung - nie wieder erreichte der Kontinent ein vergleichbares Maß an globaler Vorherrschaft wie in den Jahren vor 1914. Selten ver...

Die Bewältigung religiös-konfessioneller Differenz gehört zu den großen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Herausforderungen der europäischen Neuzeit. Angesichts der sich zuspitzenden religiös-konfessionellen Spannungen, die häufig Anlass zu gewaltsamen Konflikten gaben, bedurfte es politisch abgesicherter Verfahren der Konfliktlösung und der Differenzbewältigung. Bei näherem Hinsehen erweisen sich solche Verfahren als ebenso vielfältig wie di...