Geographies of Renewal : Heimat and Democracy in West Germany, 1945-1990 / Jeremy DeWaal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeWaal, Jeremy, author.

Series:

New studies in European history

New Studies in European History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home--Germany (West).

Home.

Regionalism--Germany (West).

Regionalism.

Democracy--Social aspects--Germany (West).

Democracy.

Local geography--Social aspects--Germany (West).

Local geography.

Germany (West)--Social life and customs.

Germany (West).

Germany (West)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 371 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This wide-ranging study explores changing conceptions of home and Heimat in West Germany from the end of the Second World War to national reunification. Jeremy DeWaal challenges ideas that Heimat was taboo or a largely reactionary idea after 1945, exploring efforts to reconceive the concept in democratic, inclusive, and post-nationalist ways"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Heimat, renewal and life after death in a Rhenish metropolis

'Democratic' and 'open to the world' : reshaping narratives of local identity in Cologne

Heimat and renewal at the water's edge : Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen

Contesting the spatial foundations of democracy : the Southwest State debates, 1945-1956

The nation as a redemptive geography : Heimat meetings and expellee politics

Transcending the need for home? : the Anti-Heimat Movement of the 1960s

Between rhetoric and practice : re-reading the Heimat Renaissance, 1970-1989

Epilogue : the immutable Heimat question

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009513395

1009513397

9781009513425

1009513427

9781009513401

1009513400