Rewriting German history : new perspectives on modern Germany
"Rewriting German History offers striking new insights into key debates about the recent German past. Bringing together cutting-edge research and current discussions, this volume examines developments in the writing of the German past since the Second World War and suggests new directions for s...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan,
2015
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| Schlagworte: | Political culture Collective memory Group identity Deutschland Geschichtsschreibung Kollektives Gedächtnis Geschichte 1900-2000 Nationalbewusstsein Geschichte 1840-1989 Geschichte 1800-2015 |
| Umfang: | xxiii, 336 Seiten |
| Zusammenfassung: | "Rewriting German History offers striking new insights into key debates about the recent German past. Bringing together cutting-edge research and current discussions, this volume examines developments in the writing of the German past since the Second World War and suggests new directions for scholarship in the twenty-first century. Subjects covered include the peculiarities of Nazi Germany, the comparison between Hitler and Mussolini, eugenics and racial theory, genocide and defeat, memory and heroism, prostitution and women's rights, the Anglo-German relationship and the politics of culture in modern Germany"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Festschrift of original essays dedicated to Sir Richard J. Evans, to mark his retirement as Regius Professor of History at Cambridge University |
| Beschreibung: | xxiii, 336 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781137347787 1137347783 9781137347794 1137347791 |