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Östling Johan <1978-> |
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Titolo |
Sweden after Nazism : politics and culture in the wake of the Second World War / / Johan Östling ; translated by Peter Graves |
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New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Politics and culture - Sweden - History - 20th century |
War and society - Sweden - History - 20th century |
National socialism - Sweden - History - 20th century |
Nazis - Sweden - History - 20th century |
Social change - Sweden - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Sweden |
World War, 1939-1945 - Influence |
Sweden Politics and government 1905-1950 |
Sweden Relations Germany |
Germany Relations Sweden |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Sweden after Nazism; Sweden after Nazism - Politics and Culture in the Wake of the Second World War; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 - Nazism and the Twentieth Century; 2 - The Experience of Nazism; 3 - Nazism as Stigma; 4 - The Ideas of 1945; 5 - German Autumn; 6 - The Lessons of Nazism; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"As a nominally neutral power during the Second World War, Sweden in the early postwar era has received comparatively little attention from historians. Nonetheless, as this definitive study shows, the war--and particularly the specter of Nazism--changed Swedish society profoundly. Prior to 1939, many Swedes shared an unmistakable affinity for German culture, and even after the outbreak of hostilities |
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there remained prominent apologists for the Third Reich. After the Allied victory, however, Swedish intellectuals reframed Nazism as a discredited, distinctively German phenomenon rooted in militarism and Romanticism. Accordingly, Swedes' self-conception underwent a dramatic reformulation. From this interplay of suppressed traditions and bright dreams for the future, postwar Sweden emerged"--From publisher's website. |
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