Between Mass Death and Individual Loss
. Ed(S): Betts, Paul; Confino, Alon; Schumann, Dirk
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Description for Between Mass Death and Individual Loss
Hardback. Features essays that explore how German mourning changed over the 20th century in different contexts, with a particular view to how death was linked to larger issues of social order and cultural self-understanding. This volume contributes to a history of death in 20th-century Germany that does not begin and end with the Third Reich. Editor(s): Betts, Paul; Confino, Alon; Schumann, Dirk. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 329 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMGD; HBJD; HBLW; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Recent years have witnessed growing scholarly interest in the history of death. Increasing academic attention toward death as a historical subject in its own right is very much linked to its pre-eminent place in 20th-century history, and Germany, predictably, occupies a special place in these inquiries. This collection of essays explores how German mourning changed over the 20th century in different contexts, with a particular view to how death was linked to larger issues of social order and cultural self-understanding. It contributes to a history of death in 20th-century Germany that does not begin and end with the Third ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
Series
Studies in German History
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845453978
SKU
V9781845453978
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Betts, Paul; Confino, Alon; Schumann, Dirk
Alon Confino is Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He has written substantially on nationhood, memory, and historical method. His new book is Foundational Pasts: An Essay in Holocaust Interpretation (CUP, 2011).
Reviews for Between Mass Death and Individual Loss
“Understood as a starting point for further inquiries into practices of mourning, burial and grief, this volume deserves broad attention, not least because it succeeds in embedding its case studies within a broad cultural, social and political history.” • European History Quarterly “Taken together, this volume is a welcome departure from the usual literature on memory and ... Read more