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George Mosse

1918 - 1999

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Gerhard "George" Lachmann Mosse (September 20, 1918 – January 22, 1999) was a German-American social and cultural historian, who emigrated from Nazi Germany to Great Britain and then to the United States. He was professor of history at the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and also in Israel, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Best known for his studies of Nazism, he authored more than 25 books on topics as diverse as constitutional history, Protestant theology, and the history of masculinity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Mosse has received more than 154,660 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. George Mosse is the 2,568th most popular writer (up from 2,596th in 2019), the 2,724th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,681st in 2019) and the 165th most popular German Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 54.27

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

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  • 1.65

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Notable Works

Germans and Jews
1970
Nazi culture
History
George L. Mosse's extensive analysis of Nazi culture - ground-breaking upon its original publication in 1966 - is now offered to readers of a new generation. Selections from newspapers, novellas, plays, and diaries as well as the public pronouncements of Nazi leaders, churchmen, and professors describe National Socialism in practice and explore what it meant for the average German.
1966
The holy pretence
History
A study of the relationship between Christian ethics and the realities and necessities of politcal life in 16th-century England.
1957
Crisis Germ Ideology
1964
The crisis of German ideology
1964
Nationalization Mass
1977

Page views of George Mosses by language

Over the past year George Mosse has had the most page views in the with 18,636 views, followed by German (8,081), and Italian (7,900). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (114.07%), Piedmontese (101.63%), and Swedish (73.33%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Mosse ranks 2,568 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikoloz Baratashvili, Ouida, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Janus Pannonius, John Aubrey, and L. Sprague de Camp. After him are Hilaire Belloc, Nodar Dumbadze, Wilhelm Worringer, Anne Holt, Théophile de Viau, and John Millington Synge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, George Mosse ranks 123. Before him are Dora Ratjen, Ángel Labruna, Antonín Mrkos, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Humaira Begum, and Kevin A. Lynch. After him are David Ausubel, Abraham Robinson, Hella Haasse, Alexander Shelepin, Teresa Wright, and Marie Smith Jones. Among people deceased in 1999, George Mosse ranks 98. Before him are Muhammad al-Sadr, Curtis Mayfield, Vazgen Sargsyan, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Aleksandr Demyanenko, and Heinz G. Konsalik. After him are Saul Steinberg, Moondog, Dennis W. Sciama, Oscar Cullmann, Jean Guitton, and Petr Shelokhonov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George Mosse ranks 2,724 out of 7,253. Before him are Angela Winkler (1944), Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), and Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706). After him are Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Ernst Wollweber (1898), Friedrich Spee (1591), Karl Vogt (1817), Johann Niemann (1913), and Johann Froben (1460).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, George Mosse ranks 165. Before him are Ursula Kuczynski (1907), Stefan Heym (1913), Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), and Dorothea von Schlegel (1764). After him are Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Friedrich Spee (1591), Johann Froben (1460), Karl Gutzkow (1811), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), and Georg Herwegh (1817).

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