Research Catalog

Title

Politics of citizenship in Germany : ethnicity, utility and nationalism / Eli Nathans.

Author

Nathans, Eli.

Publication

Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2004.

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Description

xvii, 294 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This study, from the early 19th century to the Nazi period, challenges the traditional interpretation of the role of ethnicity. The author shows that appeals to ethnic solidarity masked more political objectives. While some authors have stressed consensus within German society, this account focuses on conflict.

Subject

• Citizenship > Germany > History
• Burgerschap
• Migratiebeleid
• Etnisch bewustzijn
• Staten

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-286) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. common good, state power, and local rights, 1815-1870 -- 1. narrow-heartedness of small states -- 2. 'A state that is strong ... may conduct itself all the more liberally' -- 3. 'Who belongs to the brotherhood of the Prussian nation?' -- 4. Paths not taken -- Pt. II. Citizenship policy as a political weapon, 1871-1918 -- 5. Bismarck punishes his opponents -- 6. Enemies and friends : a hierarchy -- 7. Civis Germanus Sum -- Pt. III. Nadir and transformation, 1918-2000 -- 8. cultural or a racial nation? -- 9. Citizenship as an instrument of racial war -- 10. republican and European citizenship law.

ISBN

• 1859737765 (Cloth)
• 9781859737767 (Cloth)
• 1859737811 (Paper)
• 9781859737811 (Paper)

LCCN

^^2004304795

OCLC

56362404

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library