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Fragmented Fatherland: Immigration and Cold War Conflict in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1980
Alexander Clarkson
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Description for Fragmented Fatherland: Immigration and Cold War Conflict in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1980
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1945 to 1980 marks an extensive period of mass migration of students, refugees, ex-soldiers, and workers from an extraordinarily wide range of countries to West Germany. Turkish, Kurdish, and Italian groups have been studied extensively, and while this book uses these groups as points of comparison, it focuses on ethnic communities of varying social structures—from Spain, Iran, Ukraine, Greece, Croatia, and Algeria—and examines the interaction between immigrant networks and West German state institutions as well as the ways in which patterns of cooperation and conflict differ. This study demonstrates how the social consequences of mass immigration became intertwined with ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Monographs in German History
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857459589
SKU
V9780857459589
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About Alexander Clarkson
Alexander Clarkson studied Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford, where he completed his doctorate. He is currently Lecturer in the German and European Studies Departments at King’s College London.
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“Drawing on a vast number of government records, including the national and local intelligence services as well as extensive press and secondary sources, Clarkson deftly and cogently analyzes the evolution of the FRG's policies, from the conservative front line Cold War state of the 1950s that strongly supported anticommunist immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Balkans to a detente-seeking government ... Read more