Dissonant lives : generations and violence through the German dictatorships

Dissonant lives : generations and violence through the German dictatorships / Mary Fulbrook.

Author/creator	Fulbrook, Mary, 1951-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description	xii, 515 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Dictatorship--Germany --History --20th century. Political violence--Germany --History --20th century. Social conflict--Germany --History --20th century. National socialism--Germany --History --20th century. Communism--Germany --History --20th century. World War, 1914-1918--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Germany. Violence--Germany --History --20th century. Germany--History --20th century.

Partial contents	Introduction : violence and generations through the German dictatorships -- Violence abroad : generations and the legacies of imperialism -- Uncomfortable compatriots : societal violence and the crises of Weimar -- Divided generations : state violence and the formation of 'two worlds' in Nazi Germany -- The escalation of violence : war and genocide -- Who was who in the GDR--and why? : The shifting formation of generations after 1945 -- Transitions from Nazism to communism -- Mobilization for the future (again) -- The 'iron cage' : coming to terms with the present -- Embodying the past -- Turning points -- Conclusions : generations in an age of violence.
Abstract	Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-507) and index.
LCCN	2011284217
ISBN	9780199287208 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	0199287201

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DD240 .F84 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold