Dueling - The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siecle Germany - Kevin Mcaleer - Paperback Bog - Princeton University Press - 2014 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk
Brand: Princeton University Press
Description
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-siecle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted to swords or had been abolished altogether in other nations, the custom of fighting to the death with pi
