Peter Alter

Peter Alter (born 22 July 1940 in Parchim) is emeritus professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, and a specialist in nationalism and the twentieth century history of the United Kingdom. He is a former research fellow and deputy director of the German Historical Institute London.

Selected publications

English language

The reluctant patron. Science and the state in Britain, 1850–1920. Berg, Oxford, Hamburg 1987, ISBN 0-907582-67-2.
Nationalism. Arnold, London 1989, ISBN 0-7131-6519-7.
Out of the Third Reich: Refugee historians in post-war Britain. Tauris, New York, London 1998, ISBN 1-86064-189-X (Ed.)
The German question and Europe. A history. Arnold, London 2000, ISBN 0-340-54017-6.

German language

Die irische Nationalbewegung zwischen Parlament und Revolution. Der konstitutionelle Nationalismus in Irland 1880–1918, Oldenbourg, München, Wien 1971 (zugleich: Universität Köln, phil. Diss., 1970), ISBN 978-3-486-43431-6.
Gesellschaft und Demokratie in Nordirland, Klett, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 978-3-12-429200-1.
Der Imperialismus. Grundlagen, Probleme, Theorien, Klett, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 978-3-12-421910-7.
Winston Churchill (1874–1965). Leben und Überleben, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-17-018786-3.
Die Windsors. Geschichte einer Dynastie, Beck, München 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-56261-7.
Nationalismus. Ein Essay über Europa. Alfred Körner Verlag, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-520-71301-8, 190 S.

References

↑ Former Research Fellows. German Historical Institute London. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
↑ Alter, Peter (2017). "Das britische Schwarzhemd". Damals (in German). Vol. 49, no. 4. pp. 58–63.

External links

"Learned outsiders". Times Higher Education (THE). 9 January 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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[1] Former Research Fellows. German Historical Institute London. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[2] Alter, Peter (2017). "Das britische Schwarzhemd". Damals (in German). Vol. 49, no. 4. pp. 58–63.

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