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Author Fulbrook, Mary, 1951-

Title German national identity after the Holocaust / Mary Fulbrook
Published Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 1999

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Description vii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. National Identity and German History -- 2. Landscapes of Memory -- 3. Overcoming the Past in Practice? Trials and Tribulations -- 4. Awkward Anniversaries and Contested Commemorations -- 5. The Past which Refuses to Become History -- 6. Collective Memory? Patterns of Historical Consciousness -- 7. Citizenship and Fatherland -- 8. Friends, Foes and Volk -- 9. The Nation as Legacy and Destiny
Summary "Drawing on a wide range of material - from landscapes of memory and rituals of commemoration, through private diaries, oral history interviews and public opinion poll surveys, to the speeches of politicians and the writings of professional historians, Fulbrook provides a clear analysis of key controversies, events and patterns of historical and national consciousness in East and West Germany in equal depth."--BOOK JACKET. "Arguing against 'essentialist' conceptions of the nation, Fulbrook presents a theory of the nation as a constructed community of shared legacy and common destiny, and shows how the conditions for the easy construction of any such identity have been notably lacking in Germany after the Holocaust."--BOOK JACKET. "This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in history, politics, and German and European Studies, as well as established scholars and interested members of the public."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Public opinion.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Influence.
National characteristics, German.
SUBJECT Germany -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105263
LC no. 99032929
ISBN 0745610447 (hbk.)
0745610455 (paperback)