Jan Rüger
Biographic Data
| ID | 969449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Rüger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Rüger |
| SIGNATURE | RÜGER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8583-1089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
German Social Democracy through British Eyes: A Documentary History, 1870-1914
History after Hobsbawm: Writing the Past for the Twenty-First Century
History after Hobsbawm
What does it mean—and what might it yet come to mean—to write ‘history’ in the twenty-first century? This volume brings together leading historians from across the globe to ask what being an historian should mean in their particular fields of study. Taking their cue from one of the previous century’s greatest historians, Eric Hobsbawm, and his interests across many periods and places, the essays approach their subjects with an underlying sense of…
Writing Europe into the History of the British Empire
How should we think of the relationship between Europe and the British empire? Much of the public debate in the recent past has suggested a clear-cut answer: the empire prevented Britain from being drawn ‘into Europe’; it was thanks to its imperial possessions that the United Kingdom could afford not to play a more active European role. Empire and Europe, in short, presented opposite poles in Britain’s engagement with the world. The essay challen…
Lawrence Sondhaus. The Great War at Sea: A Naval History of the First World War
Days after the armistice of November 11, 1918, Lord Wester Wemyss, Britain’s first sea lord, wrote to Admiral David Beatty, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet, about the “feeling of incompleteness” that dominated among naval officers. The victory at sea that the navy had won was lacking in display and spectacle. As a result, he argued, “the unthinking” did not realize how much Britain and the world owed to the Royal Navy. Beatty agreed: th…
Richard Scully. British Images of Germany: Admiration, Antagonism and Ambivalence, 1860–1914
This well-researched and generously illustrated study adds further nuance to the extensive literature on Anglo-German images and perceptions in the second half of the nineteenth century. Much of the recent scholarship has argued that British views of Germany in this period were more complex and ambivalent than a linear narrative about the “rise of antagonism” may suggest. Scully agrees with this assessment. British representations of the kaiser a…
Sovereignty and Empire in the North Sea, 1807–1918
Dirk Bonker. Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I
Journal Article Dirk Bönker. Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I. Get access Dirk Bönker. Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I. (The United States in the World.) Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 2012. Pp. x, 421. $49.95. Jan Rüger Jan Rüger Birkbeck, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Aca…
S'amuser en guerre: Le cas de Berlin (1914-1918)
L’article s’efforce de reconstruire les enjeux clés du débat sur le divertissement public urbain à Berlin durant la Première Guerre mondiale. En août 1914, les autorités de la capitale impériale décidèrent l’interdiction des divertissements publics. Toutes les activités contraires au sérieux exigé par le temps durent être arrêtées. Comment cette position a-t-elle évolué au cours de la guerre et quelles furent ses implications politiques ? L’artic…
From Jack Tar to Union Jack: Representing Naval Manhood in the British Empire, 1870-1918 by Mary A. Conley
Revisiting the Anglo-German Antagonism
Oxo: Or, the Challenges of Transnational History
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of transnational approaches for modern European history. It reconstructs the origins of a particular Anglo-German entanglement: the meat essence OXO, originally a German invention made in South America by a London-based company. And it links this example to the questions prompted by the rise of transnational history. Surveying the recent literature, the article argues that the parallel histories …
Laughter and War in Berlin
Could there be laughter and amusement in the city while there was death and suffering at the front? What aspects of humour were legitimate in times of war? What should be the meaning of laughter in ‘serious times’? The essay approaches these questions through the intriguing case of Carl Braun, otherwise known as Carl Höbner, who in October 1914 ran into trouble with the Berlin police for mimicking German generals and dignitaries. Braun’s case lea…
The German Colonial Imagination
German History continues its series of virtual round-table discussions with this forum on the German colonial imagination, a topic very much at the centre of current historical controversy.By European standards, the period of formal German colonialism was extremely brief.Yet work inspired by cultural and literary studies has suggested that a 'colonial imagination' was much more deeply rooted in German society than the brevity of the political exp…
Nation, Empire and Navy: Identity Politics in the United Kingdom 1887-1914
Nation, Empire and Navy: Identity Politics in the United Kingdom 1887–1914 Get access Jan Rüger Jan Rüger Birkbeck College, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 185, Issue 1, November 2004, Pages 159–187, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/185.1.159 Published: 01 November 2004
Revisiting the Anglo-German Antagonism
Sovereignty and Empire in the North Sea, 1807–1918
Oxo: Or, the Challenges of Transnational History
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of transnational approaches for modern European history. It reconstructs the origins of a particular Anglo-German entanglement: the meat essence OXO, originally a German invention made in South America by a London-based company. And it links this example to the questions prompted by the rise of transnational history. Surveying the recent literature, the article argues that the parallel histories …
Laughter and War in Berlin
Could there be laughter and amusement in the city while there was death and suffering at the front? What aspects of humour were legitimate in times of war? What should be the meaning of laughter in ‘serious times’? The essay approaches these questions through the intriguing case of Carl Braun, otherwise known as Carl Höbner, who in October 1914 ran into trouble with the Berlin police for mimicking German generals and dignitaries. Braun’s case lea…
Nation, Empire and Navy: Identity Politics in the United Kingdom 1887-1914
Nation, Empire and Navy: Identity Politics in the United Kingdom 1887–1914 Get access Jan Rüger Jan Rüger Birkbeck College, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 185, Issue 1, November 2004, Pages 159–187, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/185.1.159 Published: 01 November 2004
The German Colonial Imagination
German History continues its series of virtual round-table discussions with this forum on the German colonial imagination, a topic very much at the centre of current historical controversy.By European standards, the period of formal German colonialism was extremely brief.Yet work inspired by cultural and literary studies has suggested that a 'colonial imagination' was much more deeply rooted in German society than the brevity of the political exp…
Laughter and War in Berlin
Could there be laughter and amusement in the city while there was death and suffering at the front? What aspects of humour were legitimate in times of war? What should be the meaning of laughter in ‘serious times’? The essay approaches these questions through the intriguing case of Carl Braun, otherwise known as Carl Höbner, who in October 1914 ran into trouble with the Berlin police for mimicking German generals and dignitaries. Braun’s case lea…
Oxo: Or, the Challenges of Transnational History
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of transnational approaches for modern European history. It reconstructs the origins of a particular Anglo-German entanglement: the meat essence OXO, originally a German invention made in South America by a London-based company. And it links this example to the questions prompted by the rise of transnational history. Surveying the recent literature, the article argues that the parallel histories …
S'amuser en guerre: Le cas de Berlin (1914-1918)
L’article s’efforce de reconstruire les enjeux clés du débat sur le divertissement public urbain à Berlin durant la Première Guerre mondiale. En août 1914, les autorités de la capitale impériale décidèrent l’interdiction des divertissements publics. Toutes les activités contraires au sérieux exigé par le temps durent être arrêtées. Comment cette position a-t-elle évolué au cours de la guerre et quelles furent ses implications politiques ? L’artic…
From Jack Tar to Union Jack: Representing Naval Manhood in the British Empire, 1870-1918 by Mary A. Conley
Revisiting the Anglo-German Antagonism
Dirk Bonker. Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I
Journal Article Dirk Bönker. Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I. Get access Dirk Bönker. Militarism in a Global Age: Naval Ambitions in Germany and the United States before World War I. (The United States in the World.) Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 2012. Pp. x, 421. $49.95. Jan Rüger Jan Rüger Birkbeck, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Aca…
Richard Scully. British Images of Germany: Admiration, Antagonism and Ambivalence, 1860–1914
This well-researched and generously illustrated study adds further nuance to the extensive literature on Anglo-German images and perceptions in the second half of the nineteenth century. Much of the recent scholarship has argued that British views of Germany in this period were more complex and ambivalent than a linear narrative about the “rise of antagonism” may suggest. Scully agrees with this assessment. British representations of the kaiser a…
Sovereignty and Empire in the North Sea, 1807–1918
History after Hobsbawm
What does it mean—and what might it yet come to mean—to write ‘history’ in the twenty-first century? This volume brings together leading historians from across the globe to ask what being an historian should mean in their particular fields of study. Taking their cue from one of the previous century’s greatest historians, Eric Hobsbawm, and his interests across many periods and places, the essays approach their subjects with an underlying sense of…
Writing Europe into the History of the British Empire
How should we think of the relationship between Europe and the British empire? Much of the public debate in the recent past has suggested a clear-cut answer: the empire prevented Britain from being drawn ‘into Europe’; it was thanks to its imperial possessions that the United Kingdom could afford not to play a more active European role. Empire and Europe, in short, presented opposite poles in Britain’s engagement with the world. The essay challen…
Lawrence Sondhaus. The Great War at Sea: A Naval History of the First World War
Days after the armistice of November 11, 1918, Lord Wester Wemyss, Britain’s first sea lord, wrote to Admiral David Beatty, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet, about the “feeling of incompleteness” that dominated among naval officers. The victory at sea that the navy had won was lacking in display and spectacle. As a result, he argued, “the unthinking” did not realize how much Britain and the world owed to the Royal Navy. Beatty agreed: th…
History after Hobsbawm: Writing the Past for the Twenty-First Century
German Social Democracy through British Eyes: A Documentary History, 1870-1914
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