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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790420803321

Autore

Clarkson Alexander <1977->

Titolo

Fragmented fatherland : immigration and Cold War conflict in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1980 / / Alexander Clarkson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-78533-030-6

0-85745-959-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Monographs in German history ; ; volume 34

Disciplina

305.9/06912094309045

Soggetti

Minorities - Germany (West) - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Germany (West) - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Germany (West) - Politics and government - 20th century

Immigrants - Government policy - Germany (West) - History - 20th century

Cold War - Social aspects - Germany (West) - History

Ethnic conflict - Germany (West) - History - 20th century

Cultural pluralism - Germany (West) - History - 20th century

Germany (West) Ethnic relations History 20th century

Germany (West) Emigration and immigration Social aspects History 20th century

Germany (West) Politics and government 1945-1990

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

Introduction: New Neighbours, New Challenges : Recognising Diversity -- Old Allies in a New World : The Relationship between Émigrés and the German Political Establishment -- Support or Suppress? : Croatian Nationalists and the West German Security Services -- "Subversive" Immigrants and Social Democrats : Shared Memories of a "Romantic" Past -- A Battle on Many Fronts : Greek Immigrants and Political Violence -- Both Losers and Winners? : The Iranian Community and the Student Movement -- Conclusion: Nation and Fragmentation : Managing Diversity.

Sommario/riassunto

1945 to 1980 marks an extensive period of mass migration of students, refugees, ex-soldiers, and workers from an extraordinarily



wide range of countries to West Germany. Turkish, Kurdish, and Italian groups have been studied extensively, and while this book uses these groups as points of comparison, it focuses on ethnic communities of varying social structures-from Spain, Iran, Ukraine, Greece, Croatia, and Algeria-and examines the interaction between immigrant networks and West German state institutions as well as the ways in which patterns of cooperation and conflict differ. This study demo