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Author Fulbrook, Mary, 1951-

Title Dissonant lives : generations and violence through the German dictatorships / Mary Fulbrook.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 515 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-507) and index.
Summary Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns.
Contents Violence and generations through the German dictatorships -- Violence abroad : generations and the legacies of imperialism -- Uncomfortable compatriots : societal violence and the crises of Weimar -- Divided generations : state violence and the formation of 'two worlds' in Nazi Germany -- The escalation of violence : war and genocide -- Who was who in the GDR -- and why? : The shifting formation of generations after 1945 -- Transitions from Nazism to communism -- Mobilization for the future (again) -- The 'iron cage' : coming to terms with the present -- Embodying the past -- Turning points -- Conclusions : generations in an age of violence.
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Subject World War (1914-1918)
World War (1939-1945)
Dictatorship -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Dictatorship.
Germany.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Political violence -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Political violence.
Social conflict -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Social conflict.
National socialism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
National socialism.
Communism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Communism.
Germany -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
Violence -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Violence.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1914-1990.
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Fulbrook, Mary, 1951- Dissonant lives. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199287208 (DLC) 2011284217 (OCoLC)687683015
ISBN 9780191617270 (electronic book)
019161727X (electronic book)
1283348470
9781283348478
9780199287208
0199287201