Turkish Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany : immigration, space, and belonging, 1961-1990

Author(s)

• Vierra, Sarah Thomsen

Bibliographic Information

Turkish Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany : immigration, space, and belonging, 1961-1990

Sarah Thomsen Vierra

（Publications of the German Historical Institute）

German Historical Institute , Cambridge University Press, 2018

• : hardback

Note

Summary: "As the largest national group of guest workers in Germany, the Turks became a visible presence in local neighbourhoods and schools and had diverse social, cultural, and religious needs. Focussing on West Berlin, Sarah Thomsen Vierra explores the history of Turkish immigrants and their children from the early days of their participation in the post-war guest worker program to the formation of multi-generational communities"-- Provided by publisher

Bibliography: p. 243-258

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

As the largest national group of guest workers in Germany, the Turks became a visible presence in local neighbourhoods and schools and had diverse social, cultural, and religious needs. Focussing on West Berlin, Sarah Thomsen Vierra explores the history of Turkish immigrants and their children from the early days of their participation in the post-war guest worker program to the formation of multi-generational communities. Both German and Turkish sources help to uncover how the first and second generations created spaces of belonging for themselves within and alongside West German society, while also highlighting the factors that influenced that process, from individual agency and community dynamics to larger institutional factors such as educational policy and city renovation projects. By examining the significance of daily interactions at the workplace, in the home, in the neighbourhood, and in places of worship, we see that spatial belonging was profoundly linked to local-level daily life and experiences.

Table of Contents

• 1. Settling in at work
• 2. At home in Almanya
• 3. Around the neighbourhood
• 4. Learning to belong
• 5. Making space for religion
• 6. Belonging in reunified Germany
• Conclusion: integration as history, reciprocity, and space.

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Details

• NCID: BB28948468
• ISBN:
  • 9781108427302
• LCCN: 2018027132
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.,Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 269 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DD78.T87
  • DC23 : 305.894/3504309045
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Turks -- Germany -- History
  • LCSH : Foreign workers, Turkish -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18253010