East German Distinctiveness In A Unified Germany

Author : Jonathan Grix
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567536068
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East German Distinctiveness in a Unified Germany written by Jonathan Grix and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the nature of the dramatic growth in a distinct sense of East German identity in the years since the events that led to formal unification in 1990. While it is problematic to see 'East Germanness' as a singular and homogenous identity, it can be perceived as a distinctive phenomenon and a level of identification that exists alongside local, regional and national identities. The essays in this volume hope to challenge the commonly held misconception that East German regional identity is a problem that needs to be overcome in the process of unification. Through analyses of the social, political and cultural behaviour of East Germans and their perception of their own place in German society, this volume makes a complex and nuanced contribution to discussions on German national identity and the unification process.

Author : P. Caldwell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230337953
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Unification written by P. Caldwell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging collection brings together contributions from historians, political scientists, policymakers, and others to provide much-needed perspective on the unification of Germany as it actually played out in real historical time.

Author : Dan Bednarz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319429515
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East German Intellectuals and the Unification of Germany written by Dan Bednarz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the reunification of Germany and the negative impacts that this had on East German intellectuals. The book is an ethnographic account of how the intellectuals of East Germany reacted to the demise of their nation, their “dream” of a socialist world, and unification with capitalist West Germany. Part I covers unification, 1990-91; Part II presents a quarter century later follow-up with one-fourth of those interviewed in 1990-91; and Part III examines the case from three social science perspectives.

Author : M. Donald Hancock
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Unification written by M. Donald Hancock and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the process of unification and assesses some of the problems facing a united Germany, by offering a synthesis of opinions. Experts examine the deep-seated issues of political identity, painful economic adjustments and Germany's redefined international role.

Author : Joakim Ekman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783836465946
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Identity in Divided and Unified Germany written by Joakim Ekman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following World War II, Germany was divided in two parts. For a period of more than 40 years, two German states developed in separation from each other, and because of the horrors of the recent past, both states badly needed to develop new national self-images. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the communist regime desperately tried to foster a distinct socialist GDR identity among the East Germans. In the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), the successful economic and political development led to the emergence of a new, post-war national identity. The Berlin Wall was opened on November 9, 1989, and Germany was formally unified not even a year later, on October 3, 1990. The past decades have shown, however, that Germany has had difficulties in becoming informally unified. This study examines attitudinal differences between East Germans and West Germans, and asks if differences today are primarily ascribable to different historical experiences, or rather an outcome of the uneasy unification process.

Author : Henry Ashby Turner
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300053470
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germany from Partition to Reunification written by Henry Ashby Turner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised edition of "The Two Germanies since 1945" which discussed the partitioning of Germany after World War II and the formation of the two states. This revised text covers unification - the exodus of East Germans to the Federal Republic, breaching of the Berlin Wall and overthrow of communism.

Author : Andreas Staab
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Identity in Eastern Germany written by Andreas Staab and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-03-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the development from the divided to the unified Germany and asks to what extent East Germans have adopted a national identity in line with that of the West Germans. The text examines such identity markers as attitudes toward territory, economics, ethnicity and mass culture.

Author : Peter H. Merkl
Publisher : Penn State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271025667
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Unification in the European Context written by Peter H. Merkl and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of the Communist regime in East Germany and the subsequent unification of East and West Germany were events of extraordinary historical importance, the ramifications of which will take years to unfold. A leading U.S. expert on West German politics, Peter Merkl, had the good fortune to be a visiting professor at the University of Göttingen in 1990 and was able to witness this incredible transition firsthand. While teaching at the Free University in Berlin in 1991, Merkl enlisted the cooperation of a leading East German expert, Gert-Joachim Glaessner, to contribute a chapter on the GDR. The result is a work that offers a careful and comprehensive account of the process of unification and its implications for the future of European and international politics. Merkl begins by laying out the historical German Question and placing the divided state in the international context of the Cold War and its consequences. He then analyzes the generational differences between Germans over fifty who rallied to the challenge with enthusiasm and the less nationalistic younger generation who feared that the pursuit of unification would preempt such goals as a better life for West Germans and a livable environment. Gert-Joachim Glaessner describes in detail the spectacular unraveling of the East German communist regime that ultimately led to the fall of the Berlin Wall amidst the disintegration of the other Communist regimes, arguing that they did not fall on their own nor as a result of West German or Western initiatives alone. Merkl analyzes the process of political unification, the several elections of the year 1990, and the agreements made between East and West Germany. He also discusses the international objections to German unification and the many obstacles that were and will need to be overcome to make German unity a reality. He examines the attitudes of East and West Germans towards each other and their sense of national identity, the transformation of institutions and constitutions, and the immense problems and expense of rebuilding the East German infrastructure and economy and of privatizing state-owned operations. Finally, he maps out the international significance of the great changes of the post-Wall and post-Communist world that will define the future role of united Germany vis-à-vis Germany's neighbors, the European community, the United States, and the world. The book ends with a glimpse of how Germans envision themselves in the year 2000.

Author : Ben Gook
Publisher : Place, Memory, Affect
ISBN 13 : 9781783482429
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Divided Subjects, Invisible Borders written by Ben Gook and published by Place, Memory, Affect. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do those born in eastern Germany today still identify with aspects of the GDR? What do Germany s memorials, films, nostalgias, memory debates and national commemorations tell us about the lives of Germans today? 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of German re-unification. Yet Germany remains divided; the unified Germany of the official representations hides its informal division, a screen that can be detected in fraught debates and divided German lives since 1989. Divided Subjects, Invisible Borders returns to the Nazi period and Cold War to argue that fantasies about whom the real Germans are have persisted down the decades to today, while official approaches to re-unification echoed and addressed those of post-war justice. Through examples from museums, film, commemoration, visual art, literature and political debate, it reveals how eastern Germany is represented, remembered and experienced in ways shaped by dominant ideas from the west."

Author : Gail A. Mattox
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813391502
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germany In Transition written by Gail A. Mattox and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1999-05-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Germany in Transition: A Unified Nation's Search for Identity discusses the unification of Germany, covering foreign and European affairs, economic and business issues, eastern Germany, and minority rights. Seldom has a country been confronted with such fundamental, wholesale changes to its political system and national identity as was Germany during its 1990 unification. Those changes have required the nation to undertake substantial reforms of its political and economic structures, as well as rethink its self-perception. Written by Americans with practical experience in Germany, the book contains unique insights into the range of issues being addressed in Germany today.Through the use of specific case studies, the challenges confronting Germany are dramatically illustrated. The myriad difficulties of maintaining the prosperity western Germans have come to expect, while responding to the demands of eastern Germans eager to share in the comfortable living standards of the west, have proved daunting at times. Chapters dealing with reform of the railway system and telecommunications markets, regional planning, and the ongoing debate over the competitiveness of the business and private sectors, all highlight different approaches to dealing with the complex issues faced by the country today. Two chapters dealing with minority rights demonstrate the equally perplexing societal problems facing the newly unified Germany.Germany's role in Europe and in the international community is addressed both in the discussion of the new “German Question” and of European integration as it relates to environmental law. Concluding chapters by three prominent Germans – a diplomat, an editor, and a former member of Parliament – address the changes Germany faces in its role in the global community.