Geographies of renewal : Heimat and democracy in West Germany, 1945-1990 /

"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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeWaal, Jeremy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Series:New studies in European history.
Subjects:
Description
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"--
Physical Description:xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-363) and index.
ISBN:9781009513432
1009513435
9781009513418
1009513419