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Fragmented fatherland : immigration and Cold War conflict in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1980 / Alexander Clarkson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarkson, Alexander, 1977-
- Series:
- Monographs in German history ; v. 34.
- Monographs in German history ; volume 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities--Germany (West)--History--20th century.
- Minorities.
- Immigrants--Germany (West)--History--20th century.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Germany (West)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Immigrants--Government policy--Germany (West)--History--20th century.
- Cold War--Social aspects--Germany (West)--History.
- Cold War.
- Ethnic conflict--Germany (West)--History--20th century.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Cultural pluralism--Germany (West)--History--20th century.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Germany (West)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Germany (West).
- Germany (West)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--History--20th century.
- Germany (West)--Politics and government--1945-1990.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 1945 to 1980 marks an extensive period of mass migration of students, refugees, ex-soldiers, and workers from an extraordinarily wide range of countries to West Germany. Turkish, Kurdish, and Italian groups have been studied extensively, and while this book uses these groups as points of comparison, it focuses on ethnic communities of varying social structures-from Spain, Iran, Ukraine, Greece, Croatia, and Algeria-and examines the interaction between immigrant networks and West German state institutions as well as the ways in which patterns of cooperation and conflict differ. This study demo
- Contents:
- Introduction: New Neighbours, New Challenges : Recognising Diversity
- Old Allies in a New World : The Relationship between Émigrés and the German Political Establishment
- Support or Suppress? : Croatian Nationalists and the West German Security Services
- "Subversive" Immigrants and Social Democrats : Shared Memories of a "Romantic" Past
- A Battle on Many Fronts : Greek Immigrants and Political Violence
- Both Losers and Winners? : The Iranian Community and the Student Movement
- Conclusion: Nation and Fragmentation : Managing Diversity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-854-8
- 1-78533-030-6
- 0-85745-959-7
- OCLC:
- 858654351
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