LEADER 02350cam a22004454a 4500001 223516 005 20240621185059.0 008 120117t20122012ctu b 001 0 eng 010 2011016844 020 9780300170030 |qhardback 020 0300170033 |qhardback 035 (OCoLC)ocn711045587 035 223516 042 pcc 043 e-gx--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dBTCTA |dERASA |dUKMGB |dYDXCP |dIG# |dUMC |dBWX |dCDX |dNTE |dCOO |dLHM 050 00 DD232 |b.K645 2012 100 1 Kohut, Thomas August. 245 12 A German generation : |ban experiential history of the twentieth century / |cThomas A. Kohut. 264 1 New Haven [Conn.] : |bYale University Press, |c[2012] 264 4 |c©2012 300 xi, 335 pages ; |c25 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 New directions in narrative history 520 "Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This book tells the story of their lives and, in so doing, offers a new history of twentieth-century Germany, as experienced and made by ordinary human beings. On the basis of sixty-two oral-history interviews, this book shows how this generation was shaped psychologically by a series of historically engendered losses over the course of the century. In response, this generation turned to the collective to repair the losses it had suffered, most fatefully to the community of the "Volk" during the Third Reich, a racial collective to which this generation was passionately committed and which was at the heart of National Socialism and its popular appeal"--Provided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 Germany |xHistory |y20th century. 651 0 Germany |xSocial conditions |y20th century. 650 0 Germans |xEthnic identity. 650 0 World War, 1914-1918 |zGermany. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zGermany. 650 0 National socialism. 650 0 Oral history |zGermany. 830 0 New directions in narrative history. 852 0 |bstacks |hDD232 |i.K645 2012 852 0 |bscstacks |hDD232 |i.K645 2012 |tc.2