| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Syracuse studies in geography
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Syracuse studies in geography.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Orientation -- 2. Germany's cartographic collapse -- 3. Rebuilding Germany's geography : an occupation -- 4. The end of occupation? -- 5. Mapping and selling the two-state solution -- 6. Conclusion : mapping Germany, mapping Europe. |
| Summary |
Located in the often-contentious center of the European continent, German territory has regularly served as a primary tool through which to understand and study Germany's economic, cultural, and political development. Many German geographers throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries became deeply invested in geopolitical determinism--the idea that a nation's territorial holdings (or losses) dictate every other aspect of its existence. Taking this as his premise, Mingus focuses on the use of maps as mediums through which the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union sought to reshape German national identity after the Second World War. As important as maps and the study of geography have been to the field of European history, few scholars have looked at the postwar development of occupied Germany through the lens of the map--the most effective means to orient German citizens ontologically within a clearly and purposefully delineated spatial framework. Mingus traces the institutions and individuals involved in the massive cartographic overhaul of postwar Germany. In doing so, he explores not only the causes and methods behind the production and reproduction of Germany's mapped space but also the very real consequences of this practice. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cartography -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Cartography. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mingus, Matthew D. Remapping modern Germany after national socialism, 1945-1961. First edition. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2017 9780815635505 (DLC) 2017025328 |
| ISBN |
9780815654162 (e-book) |
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0815654162 |
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9780815635505 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0815635389 |
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9780815635383 |
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0815635508 |
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