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Author Fulbrook, Mary, 1951-

Title Dissonant lives : generations and violence through the German dictatorships / Mary Fulbrook
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 515 pages) : illustrations
Contents Violence and generations through the German dictatorships -- Violence abroad : generations and the legacies of imperialism -- Uncomfortable compatriots : societal violence and the crises of Weimar -- Divided generations : state violence and the formation of 'two worlds' in Nazi Germany -- The escalation of violence : war and genocide -- Who was who in the GDR -- and why? : The shifting formation of generations after 1945 -- Transitions from Nazism to communism -- Mobilization for the future (again) -- The 'iron cage' : coming to terms with the present -- Embodying the past -- Turning points -- Conclusions : generations in an age of violence
Summary Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-507) and index
Notes English
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Subject Dictatorship -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Political violence -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Social conflict -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
National socialism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Communism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Violence -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Communism
Dictatorship
National socialism
Political violence
Social conflict
Violence
Diktatur
Generation
Gewalt
Geweld.
Autocratie.
Nationaal-socialisme.
Communisme.
Leeftijdsgroepen.
Herinneringen.
Diktatur.
Generation.
Gewalt.
SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054584
Subject Germany
Deutschland
Duitsland.
Deutschland.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011284217
ISBN 9780191617270
019161727X
1283348470
9781283348478
0191804339
9780191804335
9786613348470
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