Death in Berlin - From Weimar to Divided Germany

Informationen zum Autor Monica Black is Assistant Professor of History at Furman University. She was awarded the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize by the Friends of the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, in 2007 and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council on Germany, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Council for Library and Information Resources, and others. Klappentext Death in Berlin traces rituals and perceptions surrounding death from the Weimar Republic to the building of the Berlin Wall. Zusammenfassung Death in Berlin traces the rituals! practices! perceptions! and sensibilities surrounding death over the decades between Germany's defeat in World War I and the construction of the Berlin Wall. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Death in Berlin, ca.1930; 2. Nazi ways of death; 3. Death in everyday life; 4. Death and reckoning; 5. Death in socialism; 6. Death and the West; Conclusions.

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• Authors: Monica Black, Monica (University of Tennessee Black, Black Monica, Black Monica
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2010
• EAN: 9780521118514
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11851-4
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Cultural studies: customs and traditions