| The Search for Normality: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany Since 1800 Contributor(s): Berger, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571818634 ISBN-13: 9781571818638 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 907.204 |
| LCCN: 96053355 |
| Lexile Measure: 1680 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.36 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Historikerstreit of the 1980s has ended inconclusively amidst heated debates on the nature and course of German national history. The author follows the debates beyond the unexpected reunification of the country in 1990 and analyzes the most recent trends in German historiography. Reunification, he observes, has brought in its wake an urgent search for the normality of the nation state. For anyone interested in the development of the national master narrative in more recent German historiography, this book will provide an essential guide through the multitude of historical debates surrounding the nation state. |
Contributor Bio(s): Berger, Stefan: - Stefan Berger is Professor of Modern German and Comparative European History at the University of Manchester, where he is also Director of the Jean-Monnet-Centre of Excellence. Between 2003 and 2008 he directed the European Science Foundation Programme on 'Representations of the Past. The Writing of National Histories in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe (NHIST) He has published widely in the areas of historiography, national identity and labour history. |