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After the Berlin Wall : memory and the making of the new Germany, 1989 to the present
- Title
- After the Berlin Wall : memory and the making of the new Germany, 1989 to the present / Hope M. Harrison.
- Author
- Harrison, Hope Millard
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 463 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, people around the world still remember the joyous drama of that night and the days and nights that followed. Even at a time before smartphones and twitter helped people experience an event together, the surprise opening of the Berlin Wall was viewed by millions on television sets and splashed across headlines around the globe. For Berliners and Germans themselves, dramatic days followed which would change their lives and their country"--
- Subjects
- Germany
- Unification of Germany (1990)
- National characteristics, German
- History
- Historiography
- Politics and government
- Berlin Wall (Germany : 1961-1989)
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 > Historiography
- Collective memory > Germany
- Germany > Politics and government > 1990-
- Germany > History > Unification, 1990 > Historiography
- Since 1961
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Berlin Wall and German historical memory -- Divergent approaches to the fall of the Wall -- The fight over memory at Bernauer Strasse -- Creating a Berlin Wall memorial ensemble at Bernauer Strasse -- Remembering the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie -- The Berlin senate's master plan for remembering the Wall -- The federal government and the Berlin Wall -- Victims and perpetrators -- Conflicting narratives about the Wall -- Heroes to celebrate and a new founding myth -- Conclusion: Memory as warning.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-1667
- ISBN
- 9781107049314
- 1107049318
- 9781107627406
- 1107627400
- LCCN
- 2019014879
- OCLC
- 1091586087
- Author
- Harrison, Hope Millard, author.
- Title
- After the Berlin Wall : memory and the making of the new Germany, 1989 to the present / Hope M. Harrison.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1961
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-1667