Life after Death: Approaches to a Cultural and Social History During the 1940s and 1950s: Approaches to a Cultural and Social History of Europe During ... of the German Historical Institute)

Bessel, Richard

ISBN 10: 0521009227 ISBN 13: 9780521009225

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2003

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This collection of essays does not conceive of the impressive economic and political stability of the postwar era as a quasi-natural return to previous patterns of societal development but approaches it as an attempt to establish 'normality' upon the lingering memories of experiencing violence on a hitherto unprecedented scale.

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"The volume has considerable value in bringing together some of the most innovative social and cultural historians of postwar Europe." Journal of Social History

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This collection of essays offers a novel approach to the cultural and social history of Europe after the Second World War. In a shift of perspective, it does not conceive of the impressive economic and political stability of the postwar era as a quasi-natural return to previous patterns of societal development but approaches it as an attempt to establish 'normality' upon the lingering memories of experiencing violence on a hitherto unprecedented scale. It views the relationship of the violence of the 1940s to the apparent 'normality' and stability of the 1950s as a key to understanding the history of post-war Europe. While the history of post-war Germany naturally looms large in this collection, the essays deal with countries across Western and Central Europe, offer comparative perspectives on their subjects, and draw upon a wide range of primary and secondary source material.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521009227
• ISBN 13: 9780521009225
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376