After Hitler - Recivilizing Germans, 1945-1995

Zusatztext Jarausch's thoughtful study offers more than just a thesis-driven contemporary history that provides stimulating insights; it also presents a political and moral perspective which is impressive through its liberal cosmopolitanism. Informationen zum Autor Konrad H. Jarausch is the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the Center for Research in Contemporary History in Potsdam, Germany. He has authored, co-authored, and edited over two dozen books on modern German and European history, including Shattered Past: Reconstructing German Histories; After Unity: Reconfiguring German Identities, 1990-1995 (OUP, 1987); and The Rush to German Unity (OUP, 1994). Klappentext After Hitler seeks to explain the breathtaking transformation of the Germans from the defeated National Socialist accomplices and Holocaust perpetrators of 1945 to the civilized, democratic, and prosperous people of today, living in a reunited country that plays a leading role in the integration of Europe. Zusammenfassung After Hitler seeks to explain the breathtaking transformation of the Germans from the defeated National Socialist accomplices and Holocaust perpetrators of 1945 to the civilized, democratic, and prosperous people of today, living in a reunited country that plays a leading role in the integration of Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Rupture of Civilization Part I: Forced Reorientation 1: Renouncing War 2: Questioning the Nation 3: Rejecting the Plan Preconditions of Freedom Part II: Contradictory Modernization 4: Embracing the West 5: Arriving at Democracy 6: Protesting Authority Paradoxes of Modernity Part III: Challenges of Civil Society 7: Abandoning Socialism 8: Searching for Normalcy 9: Fearing Foreignness Implications of Upheaval Conclusion: Contours of the Berlin Republic Index ...

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• Authors: Konrad H Jarausch, Konrad H. Jarausch, Konrad H. (Professor of History Jarausch
• Assisted by: Brandon Hunziker (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.2008
• EAN: 9780195374001
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537400-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Deutschland, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Politik und Staat, European History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)