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(1941-2023) Author. Wolfgang Schivelbusch was born in and died in Berlin, Germany.

Full Name

Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1941

BIRTH

Wolfgang Walter Schivelbusch was born in Berlin, Germany, on November 26, 1941.

1973

RESIDENCE

Mr. Schivelbusch lived during winters in Manhattan, New York, beginning in 1973.

1977

LITWORK

The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century
University of California Press; 1986 edition (November 1, 1986)
0520058127 / 978-0520058125
Nonfiction.

1980

LITWORK

Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Vintage Books (June 29, 1993)
067974438X / 978-0679744382
Nonfiction.

1983

LITWORK

Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
University of California Press; Stated First Edition (October 21, 1988)
0520059034 / 978-0520059030
Nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

The Culture of Defeat: On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery
Metropolitan Books; First Edition (April 1, 2003)
0805044213 / 978-0805044218
Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939
Metropolitan Books; First Edition (August 22, 2006)
080507452X / 978-0805074529
Nonfiction.

2021

LITWORK

The Other Side: Living and Researching Between New York and Berlin


Memoir.

2023

DEATH

Wolfgang Schivelbusch died in a hospital in Berlin, Germany, on March 26, 2023.

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