The Dividing Rhine
Politics and Society in Contemporary France and Germany
Published on 6. October 1989
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-85496-589-2 (ISBN)
Description
Written by some of the foremost commentators on modern Europe who address a diverse range of problems: the continued blockage in historical and intellectual understanding between the two cultures; the conservative retrenchment in Western European politics; and the travail of perestroika in the former East Germany.
Reviews / Votes
'... a valuable contribution to Franco-German comparative studies.' German Studies Review'These essays are filled with acute and subtle observations on current European intellectual issues.'Perspectives on Political ScienceMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
414 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85496-589-2 (9780854965892)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jack Trumpbour Department of History,Harvard University
Content
The dividing Rhine - notes on the meaning of Munich, Diana Johnstone; 20 years on - May '68 revisited, Daniel Singer; "Jenseits des Historikerstreits" - the significance of the controversy, Charles S.Maier; the modern versus the postmodern - the Franco-German debate in social theory, Mark Poster; defence policy under Mitterand Mark 2 - toward the collapse of "Consensus"?, Jolyon Howorth; the GDR under the shadow of "Perestroika", Gunter Minnerup; elites and politics in the German Democratic Republic, Mary Fulbrook; Pop Foucaultism, Robert Darnton; Pop Foucaultism revisited - "The Foul and the Fragrant", Simon Schama.