Germany in transit : nation and migration, 1955-2005 / edited by Deniz Göktürk, David Gramling, Anton Kaes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Göktürk, Deniz, 1963-

Gramling, David, 1976-

Kaes, Anton.

Series:

Weimar and now ; 40.

Weimar and now ; 40

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Immigrants.

Social conditions.

Xenophobia.

Cultural pluralism.

History.

Race relations.

Ethnic relations.

Germany--Ethnic relations--History--20th century--Sources.

Germany.

Germany--Ethnic relations--History--21st century--Sources.

Germany--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources.

Germany--Race relations--History--21st century--Sources.

Cultural pluralism--Germany--History--20th century--Sources.

Cultural pluralism--Germany--History--21st century--Sources.

Xenophobia--Germany--Sources.

Immigrants--Germany--Social conditions--Sources.

Germany--Emigration and immigration--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxii, 588 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]

Summary:

How does migration change a nation? "Germany in Transit" is the first sourcebook to illuminate the country's transition into a multiethnic society--from the arrival of the first guest workers in the mid-1950s to the most recent reforms in immigration and citizenship law. The book charts the highly contentious debates about migrant labor, human rights, multiculturalism, and globalization that have unfolded in Germany over the past fifty years--debates that resonate far beyond national borders. This cultural history in documents offers a rich archive for the comparative study of modern Germany against the backdrop of European integration, transnational migration, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Divided into eleven thematic chapters, "Germany in Transit" includes 200 original texts in English translation, as well as a historical introduction, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and filmography.

Contents:

1 Working Guests: Gastarbeiter and Green Card Holders

2 Our Socialist Friends: Foreigners in East Germany

3 Is the Boat Full? Xenophobia, Racism, and Violence

4 What Is a German? Legislating National Identity

5 Religion and Diaspora: Muslims, Jews, and Christians

6 Promoting Diversity: Institutions of Multiculturalism

7 An Immigration Country? The Limits of Culture

8 Living in Two Worlds? Domestic Space, Family, and Community

9 Writing Back: Literature and Multilingualism

10 A Turkish Germany: Film, Music, and Everyday Life.

Notes:

Documents translated from German.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-542) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 543-551.

ISBN:

0520248937

9780520248939

0520248945

9780520248946

OCLC:

65978634

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