Not So Special
Richard J. Evans: Imitating Germany, 7 March 2024
Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000
by David Blackbourn.
Liveright, 774 pp., £40, July 2023,978 1 63149 183 2 Show More
by David Blackbourn.
Liveright, 774 pp., £40, July 2023,
“... the British government forced universities to introduce doctorates in order to dissuade ambitious young British researchers from going to Germany to gain their PhDs. Of equal importance was the global influence of German culture, above all music. German conservatories offered a rigorous training that couldn’t be found elsewhere, backed by the hegemony of ... ”