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THE SEARCH FOR NORMALITY
NATIONAL IDENTITY AND HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN GERMANY SINCE 1800 |
| By: |
Stefan Berger |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1571816208 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781571816207 |
| Publisher: |
BERGHAHN BOOKS, INCORPORATED |
| Pub. date: |
4 September, 2003 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
Although few modern German historians now set out to write national histories, Berger (modern and contemporary history, U. of Glamorgen, UK) stresses long-term continuity in his examination of the various narratives underlying the construction of the German nation in historical writing since 1800. |
| Synopsis: |
The Historikerstreit of the 1980s has ended inconclusively amidst heated debates on the nature and course of German national history. The author follows the debates beyond the unexpected reunification of the country in 1990 and analyzes the most recent trends in German historiography. Reunification, he observes, has brought in its wake an urgent search for the "normality" of the nation state. For anyone interested in the development of the national master narrative in more recent German historiography, this book will provide an essential guide through the multitude of historical debates surrounding the nation state. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Berghahn Books, Incorporated |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |