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Germany and the Germans

John Ardagh ; consultant and research assistant, Katharina Ardagh

(Penguin books, . Current events)

Penguin Books, 1995

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 589-[591]) and index

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Description

Aims to capture the diversity and contradictions of the Germany of the mid-1990s. This new edition looks at events such as Chancellor Kohl's re-election in 1994, the recession, the flare up of racial violence, and the continued malaise in the east.

Table of Contents

  • The regional patchwork, an ancient legacy
  • the "economic miracle" and its after-strains
  • daily life - a modernized society re-examines its traditions
  • Turkish "guest workers" and other immigrants - a painful path towards acceptance
  • arts and intellectuals - lively activity, but low creativity
  • the old GDR - daily life under German-style communism
  • the new east Germany, free but anxious
  • how stable a democracy?

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