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.Former Research Fellows. German Historical Institute London. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
Selected publications English language The reluctant patron. Science and the state in Britain, 1850–1920. Berg, Oxford, Hamburg 1987, . Nationalism. Arnold, London 1989, . Out of the Third Reich: Refugee historians in post-war Britain. Tauris, New York, London 1998, (Ed.) The German question and Europe. A history. Arnold, London 2000, .
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), . Gesellschaft und Demokratie in Nordirland, Klett, Stuttgart 1974, . Der Imperialismus. Grundlagen, Probleme, Theorien, Klett, Stuttgart 1979, . Winston Churchill (1874–1965). Leben und Überleben, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, . Die Windsors. Geschichte einer Dynastie, Beck, München 2009, . Nationalismus. Ein Essay über Europa. Alfred Körner Verlag, Stuttgart 2016, , 190 S.
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