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Pain and Prosperity

Name: Pain and Prosperity
Brand: Stanford University Press
SKU: 9780804739375
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Reconsidering Twentieth-century German History

Autor: Paul Betts, Greg Eghigian

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Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Stanford University Press

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The turn of the millennium has stimulated much scholarly reflection on the historical significance o...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Paul Betts, Greg Eghigian

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2002

strony

288

EAN

9780804739375

ISBN

0804739374

Enbook ID

04717152

Wydawca

Stanford University Press

Waga

503

Wymiary

152 x 229 x 22

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The turn of the millennium has stimulated much scholarly reflection on the historical significance of the twentieth century as a whole. Explaining the century's dual legacy of progress and prosperity on one hand, and of world war, genocide, and mass destruction on the other, has become a key task for academics and policymakers alike. Not surprisingly, Germany holds a prominent position in the discussion. What does it mean for a society to be so closely identified with both inflicting and withstanding enormous suffering, as well as with promoting and enjoying unprecedented affluence? What did Germany's experiences of misery and abundance, fear and security, destruction and reconstruction, trauma and rehabilitation have to do with one another? How has Germany been imagined and experienced as a country uniquely stamped by pain and prosperity? The contributors to this book engage these questions by reconsidering Germany's recent past according to the themes of pain and prosperity, focusing on such topics as welfare policy, urban history, childbirth, medicine, racism, political ideology, consumerism, and nostalgia.