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Postcolonial Germany : memories of empire in a decolonized nation /

'Postcolonial Germany' traces the evolution of the collective memory of German colonialism, stretching from the loss of the colonies across the eras of national socialism, national division, and the Cold War to the present day. It shows to what extent this memory was intimately bound to ob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schilling, Britta, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Colección:Oxford historical monographs.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:'Postcolonial Germany' traces the evolution of the collective memory of German colonialism, stretching from the loss of the colonies across the eras of national socialism, national division, and the Cold War to the present day. It shows to what extent this memory was intimately bound to objects of material culture in the former colonial metropole, such as tropical fruit sold atcolonial balls, state gifts handed to the former colonies at independence, and ethnological items kept as family heirlooms.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191008450
0191008451
9780191772634
0191772631