Physical Description
xi, 380 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
A return to national history? The master narrative and beyond
The collapse of the counternarrative: coping with the remains of socialism
Modernization, German exceptionalism, and post-modernity: transcending the critical history of society
War, genocide, extermination: the war against the Jews in an era of world wars
The totalitarian temptation: ordinary Germans, dictatorship, and democracy
From empire to Europe: the taming of German power
Unsettling German society: mobility and migration
A struggle for unity: redefining national identities
Defining womanhood: the politics of the private
In pursuit of happiness: consumption, mass culture, and consumerism
Survival in catastrophe: mending broken memories
The century as history: between cataclysm and civility.
Other Authors/Editors
Geyer, Michael,
ISBN
0691059357
0691059365 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
