{"product_id":"after-unity-reconfiguring-german-identities-9781571810403","title":"After Unity: Reconfiguring German Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe unification of Germany is the most important change in Central Europe in the last four decades. Understanding this rapid and unforeseen development has raised old fears as well as inspired new hopes. In order to make sense out of the bewildering process and to help both expert and lay readers understand the changes and consequences, an American historian and a German social scientist put together this collection of central texts on German unification, the first of its kind. An invaluable reference tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“What emerges from this collection is a picture of a complex society that was neither fully modern nor fully totalitarian ... The dense book provides and illuminating discussion of the difficulties inherent in characterizing the GDR and, in so doing, points the reader in directions that might prove more fruitful.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German Studies Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eReshaping German Identities: Reflections on the Post-Unification Debate\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKonrad H. Jarausch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Presence of the Past: Culture, Opinion, and Identity in Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKonrad H. Jarausch, Hinrich C. Seeba, and David P. Conradt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Natives, Strangers, and Foreigners: Constituting Germans by Constructing Others\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeffrey Peck, Mitchell Ash, and Christiane Lemke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e East and West German Identities: United and Divided?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHelga A. Welsh, Andreas Pickel, and Dorothy Rosenberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Women, Men and Unification: Gender Politics and the Abortion Struggle Since 1989\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoyce Mushaben, Geoffrey Giles, and Sara Lennox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Germany and Europe: Finding an International Role\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVolker Berghahn, Gregory Flynn, and Paul Michael Lützeler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePostscript:\u003c\/strong\u003e Creative Chaos: Concluding Thoughts on Interdisciplinary Cooperation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndreas Pickel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041406943575,"sku":"9781571810403","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571810403.jpg?v=1750950144","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-unity-reconfiguring-german-identities-9781571810403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}