After the Berlin Wall : memory and the making of the new Germany, 1989 to the present /
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, people around the world still remember the joyous drama of that night and the days and nights that followed. Even at a time before smartphones and twitter helped people experience an event together, the surprise opening of the Berli...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, people around the world still remember the joyous drama of that night and the days and nights that followed. Even at a time before smartphones and twitter helped people experience an event together, the surprise opening of the Berlin Wall was viewed by millions on television sets and splashed across headlines around the globe. For Berliners and Germans themselves, dramatic days followed which would change their lives and their country. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-443) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107049314 1107049318 9781107627406 1107627400 |