Matthew JefferiesThe University of Manchester · School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Matthew Jefferies
D Phil Oxford 1990
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Matthew Jefferies is Professor of German History at the University of Manchester. His main research interests lie in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and include architecture, visual art, and other aspects of material culture. He is currently working on a history of popular photobooks in 20th century Germany.
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September 1991 - present
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Publications (64)
A survey of cultural and intellectual trends in Germany between 1871 and 1918
While existing studies of twentieth-century German photobooks have understandably sought out volumes by the most iconic photographers, with the most innovative typography, or with the most radical political messages, no photobook series better documents the continuities and ruptures of modern German history than the conventional and highly commerci...
German Modernities from Wilhelm to Weimar: A Contest of Futures. Edited by Geoff Eley , Jennifer L. Jenkins , and Tracie Matysik . London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Pp. xii + 360. Paper £28.99. ISBN 978-1474216272. - Volume 50 Issue 1 - Matthew Jefferies
Germany’s imperial era (1871-1918) continues to attract both scholars and the general public alike. The American historian Roger Chickering has referred to the historiography on the Kaiserreich as an ’extraordinary body of historical scholarship’, whose quality and diversity stands comparison with that of any other episode in European history.This...
Weimar Culture Revisited. Edited by John AlexanderWilliams. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. Pp. xxvi + 235. Cloth $85.00. ISBN 978-0-230-10942-1. - Volume 45 Issue 4 - Matthew Jefferies
Folk dancer, forester, poet and visionary, Rolf Gardiner (1902-71) is both a compelling and troubling figure in the history of twentieth-century Britain. While he is celebrated as a pioneer of organic farming and co-founder of the Soil Association, Gardiner's organicist outlook was not confined to agriculture alone. Convinced that a healthy culture...
Liberal Imperialism in Germany: Expansionism and Nationalism 1848–1884. By FitzpatrickMatthew P.. Monographs in German History, vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. 2008. Pp. x+237. Cloth $99.95. ISBN 978-1-84545-520-0. - Volume 42 Issue 4 - Matthew Jefferies
The Historical CenturyThe Discipline of HistoryHistorism in a Wider ContextThe Uses and Abuses of History
This essay, based on primary sources from the privately-run Internationale FKK-Bibliothek and a growing body of secondary literature, examines some of the myths and misconceptions regarding the fate of naturism in the Third Reich. It shows that despite Goering's decree of 3 March 1933, which described the 'naked culture movement' as 'one of the gre...
