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Honecker's Children : Youth and patriotism in East(ern) Germany, 1979-2002 /
Examining the shifting identities and state loyalties of young people in East(ern) Germany during 1979-2002, this text provides insight into the functioning of the GDR state, the process of German unification, and the formation of national and regional identities.
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 9780719074110; 9780719074110; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and key terms; Introduction: Honecker's Germany -a world of the past?; Eastern identity in the wake of the GDR; Frameworks: defining the GDR in the 1980s; Growing up under Honecker; Researching young behaviours; 1 The parameters of patriotism; Nation and state; Germany: problematic patriotisms; The GDR's patriotic programme; Conclusion; 2 Young people of the 1980s: ageneration of loyal patriots?; The foundations of identity: historical consciousness.
- 'Peace must be armed!': protecting the fatherland'Educating hatred': young people and the 'imperialist' West; Proletarian internationalism: the politics of solidarity; Rooted in the present? Pride in the achievements of the GDR; Conclusion; 3 October 1989-October 1990:the rise and fall of a GDR identity; Reform and renewal: education and youth work during the Wende; Hope of a reformed socialism: 9 October-9 November 1989; From socialism to scepticism: 9 November 1989-18 March 1990; The GDR becomes history: 18 March-3 October 1990; Conclusion; 4 Civic loyalties in the wake of unification.
- Societal change and education in the absence of the blue shirtThe double burden of overcoming the past: historical consciousness in united Germany; Military loyalties in the absence of the enemy; International allegiances in a new world order; United yet divided? Social, economic and political trendssince the Wende; Conclusion; 5 Conclusion: death of the GDR -rebirth of an eastern identity?; Select bibliography; Index.