Turkish Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany - Immigration, Space, and Belonging, 1961-1990

Provides a rich examination of how Turkish immigrants and their children created spaces of belonging in West German society.

List of contents

1. Settling in at work; 2. At home in Almanya; 3. Around the neighbourhood; 4. Learning to belong; 5. Making space for religion; 6. Belonging in reunified Germany; Conclusion: integration as history, reciprocity, and space.

About the author

Sarah Thomsen Vierra is an assistant professor of history at New England College of Henniker, New Hampshire. She received her doctorate in European history from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and was granted the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize by the German Historical Institute in 2012. In addition, she has contributed chapters on West Berlin's Turkish community, the influence of the Cold War on the guest worker program, and migration in modern German history more broadly to edited volumes. Her research interests include migration, ethnic and religious minorities in European society, and everyday history.

Summary

Drawing on a diverse array of Turkish- and German-language sources, this book explores the history of Turkish immigrants and their children in West Berlin from 1961 to the early years after reunification. Sarah Thomsen Vierra sheds new light on the relationship between belonging, identity, and everyday life.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Thomsen Vierra
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108427302
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42730-2
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute; Publications of the German His; Publications of the German Historical Institute; Publications of the German His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, Turkey, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, History and Archaeology, Türkiye / Turkey