States of Division - Border and Boundary Formation in Cold War Rural Germany

Zusatztext Schaefer's work is a rigorous, well-conceived, thoughtful, and convincing historical analysis based on impressive extensive archival work done at eighteen repositories. This book will be especially useful for scholars of postwar German history, the Cold War, or border studies. Informationen zum Autor Sagi Schaefer grew up in Israel, where he also studied for his first and second degrees. He completed his doctoral dissertation at Columbia University in 2011 under the supervision of professor Volker R. Berghahn. Since 2012, he has been teaching modern European history at Tel Aviv University. Klappentext Integrating local, regional, and national perspectives, this volume employs multiple historical and social frameworks to analyse the division of Germany and the development of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Schaefer explains how and why the border evolved and how it impacted regional and national culture, identity, and sense of community. Zusammenfassung Integrating local, regional, and national perspectives, this volume employs multiple historical and social frameworks to analyse the division of Germany and the development of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Schaefer explains how and why the border evolved and how it impacted regional and national culture, identity, and sense of community. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: DMarkation: The Division of German Economy and the Emergence of the Inter-German Border 1945-1952 2: Bounding the Land: Border Formation and Land Ownership, 1952-3 3: The Boundaries of Exclusive Representation: The Inter-German Cold War and Division 4: For Land or Country? Frontier Land and Division, 1952-1969 5: Divide and Rule: the Openly Negotiated Border and its Demise Conclusion Bibliography Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sagi Schaefer, Sagi (Assistant Professor Schaefer, Schaefer Sagi
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9780199672387
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967238-7
• Pages: 240
• Thèmes: Oxford Studies in Modern European History; Oxford Studies in Modern European History; Oxford Studies in Modern Europ
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, The Cold War, Historical Geography, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General