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100 1  Smith, Andrea Lynn.
245 10 Social memory and Germany's immigration crisis : |ba case of collective forgetting / |cby Andrea Lynn Smith.
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c1992.
300    74 pages
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
502    Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1992.
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-74).
520     Representations of Germany's crisis of anti-foreigner violence and ambivalent government policies regarding guestworkers misrepresent this crisis and reproduce several myths: that Germany has only recently relied on foreign labor, that Germany is an unusually "homogenous" nation, has experienced little integration of foreigners, and is not and cannot become an "immigration" country. These myths hinge on a widespread "forgetting" of much of German labor history. This paper outlines this missing history. Features common to past and present "guestworker" policies are highlighted. An examination of modern German citizenship and naturalization laws suggests that guestworker crises derive from a fundamental contradiction between economic and political interests. The current crisis can be viewed as one phase of a longer unresolved conflict between economic goals and the definition of the German nation. Such a perspective is generally avoided, however, as earlier periods of conflict are erased through widespread collective forgetting.
530    Electronic version(s)  |bavailable internally at USHMM.
533    Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d1996. |e22 cm.
590     Dissertations and Theses
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Foreign workers |zGermany |xHistory.
650  0 Forced labor |zGermany |xHistory.
856 41  |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=748039731&sid=38&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest
956 41  |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib32183/1348509.pdf  |z Hosted by USHMM.
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