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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785380803321

Autore

Wiese Christian

Titolo

Years of Persecution, Years of Extermination [[electronic resource] ] : Saul Friedlander and the Future of Holocaust Studies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-282-87146-3

9786612871467

1-4411-1232-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BettsPaul

Disciplina

940.5318072

Soggetti

Friedla ̈nder, Saul

Friedla ̈nder, Saul, -- 1932- -- Nazi Germany and the Jews

Friedla ̈nder, Saul, -- 1932-

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography

History & Archaeology

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

Middle East

History - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 An Integrated History of the Holocaust: Possibilities and Challenges; Part I: The Holocaust as a Narrative Problem; Part II: German Society and Redemptive Antisemitism; Part III: Mass Killing and Genocide; Part IV: Perspectives; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides an in-depth discussion of Saul Friedlander's landmark two-volume history of the Holocaust, Nazi Germany and the Jews. It brings together a range of internationally acclaimed historians to address the manifold conceptual and historiographical issues raised in Friedlander's monumental work. It includes a major essay by Friedlander himself on the challenges of producing an integrated



history of the Holocaust. The aim of this book is not simply to evaluate Friedlander's work on its own merits, but rather to use his text as a means of exploring the contours and future of Holoca