The Third Reich in History and Memory [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Evans, Richard J.

Verlag: Oxford University Press, New York, 2015

Beschreibung

As new condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Richard J. Evans; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes and Index. "In the last two decades, views on Nazi Germany have been transformed in a variety of ways. The movement toward a globalized perspective, placing the Third Reich in a transnational context, reflects one way; greater awareness of the part popular assent played in the Nazis' hold on power represents another; stressing the continuities between Nazi-era atrocities and more recent "ethnic cleansing" yet another. In The Third Reich in History and Memory, Richard J. Evans, one of the foremost historians of twentieth-century German history and author of a magisterial three-volume history of Nazi Germany, culminating with The Third Reich at War, argues that the most remarkable transformation involves memory. Writing about the Third Reich means considering how it is and was remembered. Drawn from Evans' writings over the last twenty years, this volume moves from the genesis of Nazism, through its rise to political power, to post-war Germany, considering at each point the suppression and survival of memory. Evans reveals, for example, how prominent industrial firms and individual businessmen tried to conceal the nature of their involvement in Nazi crimes once the war ended. He also considers some of the stranger transformations, such as Mexican appropriation of the Volkswagen Beetle - originally the Nazi "Strength-through-Joy Car" - as a national icon in the late-twentieth century. Most crucially, he points out the places where the growing need to confront Nazi misdeeds and expose participants' guilt has led to crude and sweeping condemnation, when the focus should be on making carerful distinctions. Written with compelling assurance and verve, and grounded in the scholarship for which Evans is world-renowned, this book offers a summation of the collective cultural memory of Nazism and the Third Reich in the present, and emphasizes as well as reflects the importance of combining passion with precision." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008290

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Third Reich in History and Memory [FIRST...

Verlag: Oxford University Press, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2015

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Pascuzzo, Philip (cover design)

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Auflage: 1st Edition