A History of Germany 1918-2008 : The Divided Nation


Mary. Fulbrook
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Medvirkende
Fulbrook, Mary (Contributor)
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2011.
Omfang
1 online resource (737 p.)
Utgave
3rd ed.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright page; List of Plates; List of Maps; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; 1 The Course of German History; Part I A Divided Society: The Weimar Republic and the Third Reich; 2 The Weimar Republic: Origins and Orientations; Germany in the Early Twentieth Century; The 'Last Revolution from Above'; The Incomplete Revolution of November 1918; The Weimar Constitution and the Treaty of Versailles; Political Unrest and Economic Chaos; Apparent Stabilization, 1924-1929; The Golden Twenties? Society and Culture in the Weimar Republic. - 15 Tension and Transformation in Twentieth-century Germany. - 3 The Collapse of Democracy and the Rise of HitlerThe Flawed Compromise; The Rise of the NSDAP; Economic Crises and the Collapse of Democracy; Hitler's Path to Power; 4 A 'National Community'? State, Economy and Society, 1933-1939; Gleichschaltung and Hitler's State; Society, Culture and Everyday Life; Economy and Society; The Radicalization of the Regime; 5 War, Extermination and Defeat; Mass Extermination and the Holocaust; Resistance and Defeat; Part II The Divided Nation: The Two Germanies, 1945-1990; 6 Occupation and Division, 1945-1949; The Allies and the Framework of Political Life. - East Germany under Honecker9 Diverging Societies; Standards of Living; Education and Socialization in the Two Germanies; Women and the Family in the Two Germanies; 10 Politics and the State; The Political System of the GDR; The West German Political System; The State, the Army, and Law and Order; 11 Dissent and Opposition; Dissent and Opposition in East Germany; Mass Protest and Isolated Intellectuals; The Church and the Proliferation of Dissent; Dissent and Opposition in West Germany; 12 Diverging Cultures and National Identities?; Aspects of Cultural Life. - The Democratization of German Politics?Denazification and Re-education; Economic Revival and Transformation; The Cold War and the Division of Germany; 7 Crystallization and Consolidation, 1949-1961; The Constitution and Political System of the Federal Republic; The Constitution and Political System of the GDR; The Problem of Missed Opportunities, 1949-1961; Foreign Relations; Adenauer's Germany; Ulbricht's Germany, 1949-1961; 8 Transformation and the 'Established Phase', 1961-1988; East Germany in the 1960s; Ostpolitik and Mutual Recognition; West Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. - The Divided Nation: National Identities and Historical Consciousness in the Two GermaniesChanging Patterns of Political Culture; German National Identities and Political Cultures: Conclusions; 13 The East German Revolution and the End of the Postwar Era; The 'Gentle Revolution', 26 August-9 November 1989; The Opening of the Floodgates and the Deflected Revolution; The End of a Divided Nation?; Part III The Divided Century; 14 The Berlin Republic; Social and Political Transformations; The Unexpected Afterlife of the GDR; The Past that Still Refuses to Pass Away?. - The third edition of A History of Germany traces the dramatic social, cultural, and political tensions in Germany since 1918. Offers a persuasive interpretation of the dynamics of twentieth-century German historyTreats German history from 1918-2008 from the perspective of division and reunification, covering East and West German history in equal depthCovers the self-destructive Weimar Republic, the extremes of genocide and military aggression in the Nazi era, the division of the nation in the Cold War, and the collapse of communist East Germany and unification in 1990<li
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Tyskland : (NO-TrBIB)HUME03491
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978-1-4051-8814-2(h.) : Nkr 320.00

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