{"product_id":"beyond-the-border-young-minorities-in-the-danish-german-borderlands-1955-1971-9781789201741","title":"Beyond the Border: Young Minorities in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn the nineteenth century, the hotly disputed border region between Denmark and Germany was the focus of an intricate conflict that complicates questions of ethnic and national identity even today. \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Border\u003c\/em\u003e reconstructs the experiences of both Danish and German minority youths living in the area from the 1950s to the 1970s, a period in which relations remained tense amid the broader developments of Cold War geopolitics. Drawing on a remarkable variety of archival and oral sources, the author provides a rich and fine-grained analysis that encompasses political issues from the NATO alliance and European integration to everyday life and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“It provides a valuable contribution to everyday culture in border regions, on cultural remembrance and history of young people, and raises awareness of the need for the German-Danish border region to find new narratives beyond the regionally often used ‘From the against each other to the together'. After all, life in a minority is always a question of belonging that must not be allowed to be misunderstood as a simultaneous non-affiliation.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This brilliant and persuasive book clearly traces the hybridity of national affiliation—and thus the construction of identities in local border regions—in vivid detail.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Knud Andresen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Research Center for Contemporary History, Hamburg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a strong, engaging book on a fascinating and largely unexplored topic in contemporary European history.\u003c\/em\u003e Beyond the Border \u003cem\u003ebrings fresh perspectives to our understanding of Western Europe during the long 1960s.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Alan McDougall\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Guelph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tA Note on Language, Terminology and Translations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong Spirits and Healing Wounds: The Minorities during Conflicts and Aftermath, pre-1955\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unlikely Cold-War Allies: Young Challenges to the Border Struggle and Isolationism, c. 1955-1962\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e New Ideas of a United Europe: Generational Differences on Being Danish, German and European, c. 1955-1963\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Contesting, Celebrating and Questioning: Generational Differences on the Past and Politics, c. 1960-65\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5\u2028.\u003c\/strong\u003e Young People Enjoying Life and Having Fun: Life Is Too Good to Fight a National Struggle\u2028c. 1957-1967\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e But Who Are We…? Independent Young Voices on Kin-State Relations and Perceptions of the Meanings of Belonging to a National Minority c. 1965-1970\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Young People of Their Time? Gender, Global Interests and (Non) Rebellions c. 1967-1971\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042551267671,"sku":"9781789201741","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789201741.jpg?v=1750954602","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-the-border-young-minorities-in-the-danish-german-borderlands-1955-1971-9781789201741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}