Rewriting the German past : History and identity in new Germany
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vi, 295 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The essays collected here offer a sober, informed, and stimulating reassessment of Germany and its past by internationally recognized scholars working from within and outside the new Germany. They all proceed from the recognition that the perspective from which the German past is viewed has changed irrevocably. Unification meant that the German Democratic Republic became history and its history, historiography and its collapse are re-evaluated. The essays examine the possibility of history being used, and possibly abused, in the service of the creation of a new national identity and question the legitimacy of the notion of Germany having followed a "special path" of development - one that could hardly be viewed positively in the wake of the Third Reich - but which suggested that Germany had claims to being a "normal nation." They then go on to consider some of the radical changes to the institutional circumstances within which history is practiced in the united Germany
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Alter, R., & Monteath, P. (1997). Rewriting the German past: History and identity in new Germany . Humanities Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alter, Reinhard and Peter. Monteath. 1997. Rewriting the German Past: History and Identity in New Germany. Humanities Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alter, Reinhard and Peter. Monteath. Rewriting the German Past: History and Identity in New Germany Humanities Press, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Alter, Reinhard., and Peter Monteath. Rewriting the German Past: History and Identity in New Germany Humanities Press, 1997.
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