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Claudia Kreklau
The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780-1910
Studies in German History. Vol. 32. New York: Berghahn Books, 2026.
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A History of the I.G. Farben Trial: Armament, Exploitation, Auschwitz
Studies in German History. Vol. 31. New York: Berghahn Books, 2025.
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Forum: Concrete Dreams: The Built Environment and Human Behavior in Europe’s Twentieth Century
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