Good neighbors, bad times : echoes of my father's German village /
Small stories of decency are often overlooked in the wake of a larger historic narrative. Yet we need these stories to provide a moral compass, especially in times of political extremism, when fear and hatred strain the bonds of loyalty and neighborly compassion. How, this book asks, do neighbors ma...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2008.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Author's Note; Part One: Close to Home; 1. Treadmill to the Past; 2. Anonymous Translation; 3. At the Nachmittag; 4. Kaffeeklatsch; 5. Joie de Vivre; 6. Four Stories of the Torah; 7. The Revolving Room; Part Two: An Ocean Away; 8. Off the Record; 9. A Little Respect, Please; 10. The Good Raincoat; 11. Hedwig, Fritz, and "Schtumpela"; 12. The Second Generation; Part Three: Back and Forth; 13. Willy from Baltimore; 14. Five Kilometers Away; 15. Katherine of Dorn; 16. Truth Transposed; 17. What Willy's Neighbor Says ...