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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777331503321

Autore

Thomaneck Jürgen

Titolo

Dividing and uniting Germany / / J.K.A. Thomaneck, Bill Niven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-280-33845-8

1-134-67196-2

0-203-45162-7

1-134-67197-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 pages) : maps

Collana

The Making of the Contemporary World

Altri autori (Persone)

NivenWilliam John <1956->

Disciplina

943.087

Soggetti

German reunification question (1949-1990)

Regionalism - Germany

Germany History 1945-

Germany History Unification, 1990

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Maps; 1 The state of the nation; 2 The division of Germany; 3 The two German states: realities and images; 4 The intervening years: long-term factors in change; 5 The events of 1989/1990; 6 Unification?; 7 Coming to terms with the past; 8 Germany into the new millennium; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A concise introduction to the process which led to the division of Germany in 1949, and its unification in 1990, this book also explores the economic, social and cultural divisions between and east and west, which still exist in post-unification Germany. Dividing and Uniting Germany covers all important aspects of the subject including: the role of the allies in the post-war division of the country, the integration of West and East Germany into their respective blocs, the problems of integrating east and west after 1990, Germany's Nazi and soci