| Description |
xvil, 784 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Parsifal at war: the troubled conscience -- The wages of sin: from Stalingrad to the end -- The murderers are among us: from guilt to amnesty -- Making (some) amends: reparation and atonement -- The house of democracy: liberal, within limits -- A new socialist people: the many moralities of the GDR -- Searching for Heimat, East and West -- War and peace: the dilemma of arms -- Strangers at home: the difficulties of difference -- United and divided: the cost of freedom -- In the wide world: Germany at its limits -- Money matters: thrifty, wealthy and unequal -- The circles of care: family, community and state -- Mother nature: loving and trashing -- Epilogue: what is Germany for? -- List of archives and abbreviations -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
"A gripping and nuanced history of the German people from the Second World War to the present day, including hugely revealing new primary source material on every aspect of its transformation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Germany -- History -- 1945-
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Germany (East) -- History.
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Group identity -- Germany.
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National characteristics, German.
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Collective memory -- Germany.
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Collective memory (OCoLC)fst01739814
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Group identity (OCoLC)fst00948442
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National characteristics, German (OCoLC)fst01033433
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Germany (OCoLC)fst01210272
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Germany (East) (OCoLC)fst01210274
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1945
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| Genre/Form |
History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Trentmann, Frank. Out of the darkness First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024 9781524732929 (DLC) 2023013875 |
| ISBN |
9781524732912 (hardcover) |
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1524732915 (hardcover) |
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9781524732929 (ebook) |
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