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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795439003321

Autore

Haeussler Ralph

Titolo

Becoming Roman? [[electronic resource] ] : Diverging Identities and Experiences in Ancient Northwest Italy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton, : Routledge, 2016

ISBN

1-315-43319-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London ; ; 57

Disciplina

305.80093763

Soggetti

Assimilation (Sociology) - Rome - History

Rome Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptualising processes of sociocultural change -- 2. Discrepant identities in the republic -- 3. The Roman framework : overpowering or make-believe? -- 4. Adapting and integrating in the principate -- 5. Identity-creation in a global world -- 6. Conclusions : 'becoming Roman' in northwest Italy?

Sommario/riassunto

Few empires had such an impact on the conquered peoples as did the Roman empire, creating social, economic, and cultural changes that erased long-standing differences in material culture, languages, cults, rituals and identities. But even Rome could not create a single unified culture. Individual decisions introduced changes in material culture, identity, and behavior, creating local cultures within the global world of the Roman empire that were neither Roman nor native. The author uses Northwest Italy as an exemplary case as it went from a marginal zone to one of the most flourishing and strongly urbanized regions of Italy, while developing a unique regional culture. This volume will appeal to researchers interested in the Roman Empire, as well as those interested in individual and cultural identity in the past.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778117403321

Autore

Berkowitz Michael

Titolo

The crime of my very existence [[electronic resource] ] : Nazism and the myth of Jewish criminality / / Michael Berkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-77217-1

9786612772177

0-520-94068-7

1-4356-0199-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

An S. Mark Taper Foundation book in Jewish studies

Disciplina

305.892404309043

Soggetti

Antisemitism - Germany - History - 20th century

National socialism

Propaganda, German - History - 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Causes

Jews - Germany - Public opinion

Public opinion - Germany

Germany Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Above Suspicion? Facts, Myths, and Lies about Jews and Crime -- 2. The Construction of "Jewish Criminality" in Nazi Germany -- 3. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the Ghettos -- 4. Inverting the Innocent and the Criminal in Concentration Camps -- 5. Re-presenting Zionism as the Apex of Global Conspiracy -- 6. Lingering Stereotypes and Jewish Displaced Persons -- 7. Jewish DPs Confronting the Law: Prescriptions, Self-Perceptions, and Pride of Self-Control -- Epilogue: The Estonia Enigma -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Crime of My Very Existence investigates a rarely considered yet critical dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the conception and perpetration of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. Drawing from a rich body of documentary evidence,



including memoirs and little-studied photographs, Michael Berkowitz traces the myths and realities pertinent to the discourse on "Jewish criminality" from the eighteenth century through the Weimar Republic, into the complex Nazi assault on the Jews, and extending into postwar Europe.