But anything else, your basic history,

但是其他的比如最基本的历史
German literature, for example,

比如德国文学
doesn't do very well.

发展的不是很好
There was a famous headline that is in the book saluting the fact that

书中写到有这么一条新闻醒目地宣扬着
there were fewer visits to libraries,

去图书馆的人越来越少了
and people were checking out books in far fewer numbers

借书的人数也少之又少
than they did before.

比以前少的多
How do they pull this off?

他们怎么做到的
They pull it off through the atomization of society.

他们通过社会原子化来实现的
There's a really wonderful book called The Nazi Seizure of Power,

有一本有名的书叫《纳粹上台之路》
written by William Sheridan Allen about a town near Hanover.

作者威廉·谢里丹·艾伦写到汉诺威市周边小镇
He changes the name of the town.

他重新给那个小镇命名