The history and meaning of the Berlin Wall remain controversial, even three decades after its fall. Drawing on a range of archival sources and interviews, this book charts the development of new narratives of the recent German past and explores the significance of the commemoration of the Berlin Wall in defining German national identity.
The history and meaning of the Berlin Wall remain controversial, even three decades after its fall. Drawing on a range of archival sources and interviews, this book charts the development of new narratives of the recent German past and explores the significance of the commemoration of the Berlin Wall in defining German national identity.
Hope M. Harrison is Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University, Washington DC. The recipient of fellowships from Fulbright, the Wilson Center, and the American Academy in Berlin, she is the author of Driving the Soviet up the Wall (2003), which was awarded the 2004 Marshall Shulman Book Prize by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, and was also published to wide acclaim in German translation. She has served on the National Security Council staff, currently serves on the board of three institutions in Berlin connected to the Cold War and the Berlin Wall, and has appeared on CNN, the History Channel, the BBC, and Deutschlandradio.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and German terms Introduction: the Berlin Wall and German historical memory 1. Divergent approaches to the fall of the Wall 2. The fight over memory at Bernauer Strasse 3. Creating a Berlin Wall Memorial ensemble at Bernauer Strasse 4. Remembering the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie 5. The Berlin Senate's master plan for remembering the Wall 6. The Federal Government and the Berlin Wall 7. Victims and perpetrators 8. Conflicting narratives about the Wall 9. Heroes to celebrate and a new founding myth Conclusion: memory as warning Bibliography Index.
List of figures Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and German terms Introduction: the Berlin Wall and German historical memory 1. Divergent approaches to the fall of the Wall 2. The fight over memory at Bernauer Strasse 3. Creating a Berlin Wall Memorial ensemble at Bernauer Strasse 4. Remembering the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie 5. The Berlin Senate's master plan for remembering the Wall 6. The Federal Government and the Berlin Wall 7. Victims and perpetrators 8. Conflicting narratives about the Wall 9. Heroes to celebrate and a new founding myth Conclusion: memory as warning Bibliography Index.
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
