Migration and the construction of German identities, 1949-2004 / Bethany Erin Hicks.
Migration, in its many forms, has often been found at the center of public and private discourse surrounding German nationalism and identity. It significantly influenced how both states construct conceptions of what "being German" at any given place and time means. The attempt at constructing an eth...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2023]
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| Series: | Migrations in history ;
volume 2 |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 162 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Vertriebene" or "Umsiedler"? Postwar and Cold War migration and the (re)formation of German identities, 1945-1949
- 2. Republikflucht and Gastarbeiter: migration regimes within and between the two Germanies, 1949-1989
- 3. Tearing down one wall while erecting another: GDR refugees in the West before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall
- 4. Emigration becomes internal migration - a new German minority and a crisis of national identity, 1991-1994
- 5. German mobility and a new generation, 1994-2004
- 6. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.