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Shattered Past: Reconstructing German Histories
Konrad H. Jarausch
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Description for Shattered Past: Reconstructing German Histories
Paperback. Explores the staggering gap between the country's role in the terrors of war and its subsequent success as a democracy. Comprising original essays, this book begins by reexamining the nationalist, socialist, and liberal master narratives that have dominated the presentation of German history but are losing their hold. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Broken glass, twisted beams, piles of debris--these are the early memories of the children who grew up amidst the ruins of the Third Reich. More than five decades later, German youth inhabit manicured suburbs and stroll along prosperous pedestrian malls. Shattered Past is a bold reconsideration of the perplexing pattern of Germany's twentieth-century history. Konrad Jarausch and Michael Geyer explore the staggering gap between the country's role in the terrors of war and its subsequent success as a democracy. They argue that the collapse of Communism, national reunification, and the postmodern shift call for a new reading of the country's ... Read more
Broken glass, twisted beams, piles of debris--these are the early memories of the children who grew up amidst the ruins of the Third Reich. More than five decades later, German youth inhabit manicured suburbs and stroll along prosperous pedestrian malls. Shattered Past is a bold reconsideration of the perplexing pattern of Germany's twentieth-century history. Konrad Jarausch and Michael Geyer explore the staggering gap between the country's role in the terrors of war and its subsequent success as a democracy. They argue that the collapse of Communism, national reunification, and the postmodern shift call for a new reading of the country's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691059365
SKU
V9780691059365
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About Konrad H. Jarausch
Konrad H. Jarausch is Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Zentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung in Potsdam, Germany. He is the author of "Students, Society, and Politics in Imperial Germany" (Princeton), "The Unfree Professions", and "The Rush to German Unity". Michael Geyer is Professor of History at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Shattered Past: Reconstructing German Histories
"An excellent introduction to newly emerging views on the study of contemporary German history."
Cecil Trice, History: Reviews of New Books "A compelling, challenging analysis."
Choice "Shattered Past is the most important book in German history to appear in recent years... [It] will surely provoke discussion and debate for many years to come."
Eric D. Weitz, Slavic Review
Cecil Trice, History: Reviews of New Books "A compelling, challenging analysis."
Choice "Shattered Past is the most important book in German history to appear in recent years... [It] will surely provoke discussion and debate for many years to come."
Eric D. Weitz, Slavic Review