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Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 2000
ISBN 10: 0198731787ISBN 13: 9780198731788
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Bringing home the extraordinary waves of transformation that washed across Europe in the second half of the twentieth century, this book interprets the trends, developments, and issues which were of major importance in East and West Europe in the latter half of the twentieth century. Mary Fulbrook's Introduction to this volume begins with a vivid contrast setting the struggle for survival in a devastated rubble-strewn street of East Berlin in 1945 against the same location in the reunited city at the end of the century, unrecognisable in its gleaming, confident, cosmopolitan affluence. The book then provides a clear overview of the broad patterns of change: from nationalism to integration; from imperialism to decolonization; from division between capitalism and communism to striking convergence of systems; from regional differences to an increasingly homogeneous, urbanised cosmopolitan society. Each chapter is enlivened by a wealth of illustrative detail as local themes and variations in different parts of Europe are explored. Chapters trace the character, causes, and consequences of general trends and specific developments in politics, society, the economy, and culture, before turning to relations within Europe and with the non-European world. The result is an illuminating and engrossing account of European history since 1945. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 1997
ISBN 10: 0198207204ISBN 13: 9780198207207
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Founded on the ruins of Hitler's defeated Third Reich, and lacking any intrinsic legitimacy, the German Democratic Republic nevertheless became the most stable and successful state in the Soviet bloc. Yet in the 'gentle revolution' of 1989 it collapsed with startling speed. How can this extraordinary story of political stability followed by sudden implosion be explained? With the opening of the East German archives, it is at last possible to look inside the apparently impregnable dictatorship. Mary Fulbrook provides a compelling interpretation of structures of power and patterns of popular opinion within the GDR. This absorbing study explores the ways in which the tentacles of the all-pervading state captured East German society in the grip of the Stasi, party, and mass organizations, and analyses the emergence in the 1980s of oppositional cultures under the ambivalent shelter of a Protestant Church which had come to terms with the communist state. In combining careful archival research with broader theoretical and historical interpretation, Anatomy of a Dictatorship makes a major contribution to debates on recent German history and the character of contemporary Germany. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0340763310ISBN 13: 9780340763315
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The period from defeat in the First World War to defeat in the SecondWorld War saw Germany experience two political extremes: its firstattempt at democracy, with the abdication of the Kaiser and theproclamation of a republic on 9 November 1918, and one of the mostreprehensible dictatorships of the modern age, following the appointmentof Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933. With the unleashing of asecond world war, and the purposeful mass murder of around six millionhuman beings in unprecedented industrial genocide, the collapse fromdemocracy into dictatorship has understandably aroused the most virulenthistorical controversies. The years since 1945 have to an extent beenlived in the shadow of the earlier period, but also of course in theirown right with their own peculiarities, none more pronounced than thecreation of two Germanies, the FRG and GDR, one democracy, onedictatorship, ideological foes in the Cold War. The controversiesattaching to the later period are (as yet?) less heated but thequestions are no less insistent.It is extraordinarily difficult for any single historian to do justiceto changes so varied, complex and controversial. Instead, in this bookan international team of scholars, experts in their fields, havecollaborated to produce an innovative work that blends the basicguidance of a conventional textbook with analysis of central issues inpolitical, social, economic and cultural history. This book is a clear and accessible guide to the controversial course ofmodern German history. A series of intellectually innovative andstimulating essays address key issues and debates, providing bothchronological coverage and a thematic approach to modern Germanpolitics, economy, society, and culture. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 0340692006ISBN 13: 9780340692004
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In 1800, there was no "Germany" as we think of a unitary nation state today. Still nominally held together under the framework of the Holy Roman Empire, its political shape and boundaries were in a state of flux. In the following two centuries, Germany went through massive transformations. This collection brings together an international team of distinguished scholars to produce an innovative and accessible guide to the controversial course of modern German history. Exploring the main issues in social, economic, cultural, and political history, the book reflects the diversity and liveliness of the field. Using a wealth of tables, maps and illustrations, it provides points of entry to key issues for students and scholars alike. This collection brings together an international team of distinguishedscholars to produce an innovative and accessible guide to thecontroversial course of modern German history. Exploring the main issuesin social, economic, cultural, and political history, the book reflectsthe diversity and liveliness of the field. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1350327778ISBN 13: 9781350327771
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Perpetration and Complicity under Nazism and Beyond analyses perpetration and complicity under National Socialism and beyond. Contributors based in the UK, the USA, Canada, Germany, Israel and Chile reflect on self-understandings, representations and narratives of involvement in collective violence both at the time and later a topic that remains highly relevant today.Using the notion of compromised identities to think about contentious questions relating to empathy and complicity, this inter-disciplinary collection addresses the complex relationships between peoples behaviours and self-understandings through and beyond periods of collective violence. Contributors explore the compromises that individuals, states and societies enter into both during and after such violence.Case studies highlight patterns of complicity and involvement in perpetration, and analyse how peoples stories evolve under changing circumstances and through social interaction, using varying strategies of justification, denial and rationalisation. Each chapter also considers the ways in which contemporary responses and scholarly practices may be affected by engagement with perpetrator representations. "An examination of perpetration and complicity under National Socialism and beyond which covers self-understandings, representations and narratives of involvement in collective violence both at the time and later"-- This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2023
ISBN 10: 1350327778ISBN 13: 9781350327771
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
ISBN 10: 1474241859ISBN 13: 9781474241854
Seller: Buchpark, Trebbin, Germany
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Condition: Sehr gut. 312 Seiten Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. 25652623/2 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Gebundene Ausgabe, Größe: 15.6 x 1.9 x 23.4 cm.