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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790681603321

Autore

Bailey Christian

Titolo

Between yesterday and tomorrow : German visions of Europe, 1926-1950 / / Christian Bailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn, , 2016

ISBN

1-78238-140-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Classificazione

NQ 1040

Disciplina

321.0409409041

Soggetti

European federation - History - 20th century

Civil society - Germany - History - 20th century

Civil society - Europe - History - 20th century

Socialism - Europe - History - 20th century

Democracy - Europe - History - 20th century

Europe Politics and government 1918-1945

Germany Politics and government 1918-1933

Germany (West) Politics and government

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 (pages [211]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Making the case for Europe : transnational organizations and cultural journals -- The defence of Europe in Merkur : Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken -- The Internationaler sozialistischer Kampfbund : from world revolution to European federalism -- The rise and fall of a socialist Europe : the ISK and the SPD in opposition -- An island surrounded by land : das Demokratische Deutschland in Switzerland -- "Europe our fatherland, Bavaria our Heimat!" : das Demokratische Deutschland and the post-war trajectories of European federalism.

Sommario/riassunto

An intellectual and cultural history of mid-twentieth century plans for European integration, this book calls into question the usual pre- and post-war periodizations that have structured approaches to twentieth-century European history. It focuses not simply on the ideas of leading politicians but analyses debates about Europe in "civil society" and the party-political sphere in Germany, asking if, and how, a "permissive consensus" was formed around the issue of integration. Taking Germany as its case study, the book offers context to the post-war



debates, analysing the continuities that exi