Germany and the Germans

Author(s)

• Ardagh, John
• Ardagh, Katharina

Bibliographic Information

Germany and the Germans

John Ardagh ; consultant and research assistant, Katharina Ardagh

（Penguin books, . Current events）

Penguin Books, 1995

3rd ed

Note

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

Description and Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BA29634978
• ISBN:
  • 0140252665
• LCCN: 96159148
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 604 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HN445.5
  • DC20 : 943.08/7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Germany (West) -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Germany (East) -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Germany -- Civilization -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814