Studies in GDR Culture and Society 13: Understanding the Past-Managing the Future: The Integration of the Five New Lander into the Federal Republic of ... (Studies in GDR Culture and Society Series) - Hardcover
Synopsis
The studies published in this volume are revised and updated versions of papers which were first presented at the Eighteenth New Hampshire Symposium on East Germany, held in June 1992. They are concerned above all with how the GDR's past is to be understood and what use is to be made of this understanding when it comes to dealing with the present and future of the new united Germany. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Michael Brie, The Difficulty of Discussing the GDR; Roger Woods, The East German Contribution to German Identity; Michael Hoffman and Dieter Rink, The Coalworkers of Espenhain: A Study in the Decline of Tradition in an Established Industrial Region; Eckhard Schroter, When Cultures Collide: The Case of Administrators from East and West Berlin; Peter Marcuse, Is Anything Positive to be Learned from the GDR? Cities and Housing in Real Existing Socialism; Rainer Eckert, The Conflict between Academic Ethos and Security Intelligence Activity: Institutions of Higher Learning in the GDR; Roland Berbig, "status quo vadis"? Schriftstelleriches Sozialverhalten und Autorenevaluierung am Beispiel der Poetenszene des "Prenzlauer Bergs"; Daniela Dahn, Uber kulturlose Versuche kultureller Vereinheitlichung-Anpassungszwange im Beitrittgebiet; Christine Zehl Romero, No Voices-New Voices? Literature and Literary Climate in the Former GDR since the Wende.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Synopsis
The studies in this volume are concerned with how the German Democratic Republic's past is to be understood, and what use is to be made of this understanding when it comes to dealing with the present and future of the new united Germany.
About the Author
ROGER WOODS is Professor of German at the University of Nottingham.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for Studies in GDR Culture and Society 13: Understanding...
Stock Image
Understanding the Past, Managing the Future: The Integration of the Five New Lander into the Federal Republic of Germany: Selected Papers from the Eighteenth New Hampshire Symposium (Studies in GDR Culture and Society; 13)
Published by
University Press of America, Inc., Lanham, MD, U.S.A., 1994
ISBN 10: 0819193909
ISBN 13: 9780819193902
Used
Hardcover
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with lightly bumped leading corners and spine ends. Leading edge of contents page has minor grubby marks; otherwise binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. No dust jacket. T. Used. Seller Inventory # 291601
Buy Used
£ 9.88
£ 12.50 shipping
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Understanding the past, managing the future: the integration of the five new Laünder into the Federal Republic of Germany - selected papers from the . (Studies in GDR culture and society)
Published by
University Press of America, 28.04.1994., 1994
ISBN 10: 0819193909
ISBN 13: 9780819193902
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Die Wortfreunde - Antiquariat Wirthwein Matthias Wirthwein, Mannheim, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
176 Seiten Einband etwas bestossen, sonst sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 383 15,8 x 1,5 x 23,4 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe. Seller Inventory # 65378