Germany Contributor(s): Berger, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0340705841 ISBN-13: 9780340705841 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $57.37 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Germany explains the diverse ways in which national identity has been constructed over more than three centuries. It focuses on the plurality of contested definitions of 'Germanness." The themes covered include the struggles between democratic and non-democratic inventions of the nation, foreigners and 'Germanness' and the impact of war on the construction of a German national identity. This is a fundamental reappraisal of Germany's history from a perspective available only now that the dust from the demolished Berlin Wall is settling in a reunited Germany. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: 321.050 |
LCCN: 2004304822 |
Series: Inventing the Nation (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
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Publisher Description: Germany explains the diverse ways in which national identity has been constructed over more than three centuries. It focuses on the plurality of contested definitions of 'Germanness. The themes covered include the struggles between democratic and non-democratic inventions of the nation, foreigners and 'Germanness' and the impact of war on the construction of a German national identity. This is a fundamental reappraisal of Germany's history from a perspective available only now that the dust from the demolished Berlin Wall is settling in a reunited Germany |
Contributor Bio(s): Berger, Stefan: - Stefan Berger is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute of Social Movements and the House for the History of the Ruhr at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. |