Rewriting the German Past: History and Identity in the New Germany - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039104026X ISBN 13: 9780391040267

Publisher: Humanities Press International Inc, 1997

Synopsis

The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, signalled the beginning of the end of a divided Germany. More than any other event, it also symbolised the end of the so-called post-war era. This title includes essays that offer a sober, informed, and stimulating reassessment of Germany and its past.

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Review

..". contributors...have explored a fascinating and preoccupying question, and that is how Germany can locate a usable past."

.".. contributors ... have explored a fascinating and preoccupying question, and that is how Germany can locate a usable past. Their answers are multiple, the possible pasts certainly plural and sometimes contradictory."
--Professor R.J.B. Bosworth, University of Western Australia

About the Author

The late Reinhard Alter was Associate Professor in the Department of German at the University of Western Australia.
Peter Monteath is Senior Lecturer in the Department of German Studies at the University of Adelaide in Australia. His publications include Zur Spanienkriegsliteratur and Writing the Good Fight, as well as numerous articles in international journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Humanities Press International Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039104026X
• ISBN 13: 9780391040267
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Alter Reinhard, Monteath Peter