Humour can be used as a »weapon« or as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war and crisis. The book presents examples from different cultures (Russia, Europe, USA), from different historical epochs (from the Napoleonic era up to the current time) and from different medias (caricature, journalism, film).

By looking at the individual cases it becomes possible to recognize some general structural patterns and to gain a deeper insight into the »functioning« of humour and laughter.

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Cover Humour and Laughter in History
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Introduction
Napoleon and the 1812 Patriotic War in Russian Humour
Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp as Butt of Jokes? The German Perception of the Economic Elite in the 19th Century
Letting Loose the Doggerel of War. Humorous and Satirical Journals in Britain, France and Germany 1914-1918
Poignant Past. How Interwar Satirical Magazines in Germany, France and Spain Used History to Criticise Their Times
More than Resistance: Political Humour Under Stalin in the 1930s
»Then We Will Fight in the Shade« Sparta, Comedy and Coming to Terms with the Fearsome Otherness
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