Description: Please read item description LIFE AFTER DEATH APPROACHES TO A CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF EUROPE DURING THE 1940s AND 1950s (EDITED BY RICHARD BESSEL AND DIRK SCHUMANN) This collection of essays offers a novel approach to the cultural and social history of Europe after the Second World War. In a shift of perspective, it does not conceive of the impressive economic and political stability of the post-war era as a quasi-natural return to previous patterns of societal development but approaches it as an attempt to establish ‘normality’ upon the lingering memories of experiencing violence on a hitherto unprecedented scale. It views the relationship of the violence of the 1940s to the apparent ‘normality’ and stability of the 1950s as a key to understanding the history of post-war Europe. Although the history of post-war Germany naturally looms large in this collection, the essays deal with countries across Western and Central Europe, offer comparative perspectives on their subjects, and draw on a wide range of primary and secondary source material. ISBN 0 521 00922 7 Non-UK buyers please note this book will be posted through eBay's Global Shipping Programme and will, therefore, unable to be combined with other purchases. This 2003 1st edition paperback is in very good overall condition although there are some signs of wear to the cover in the form of minor bumps and knocks to the edges and corners (see photograph). All pages are present, tightly bound and free from tears, creases and significant marks. The book runs to 363 pages (23cm x 15cm).
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Period: 20th Century
Subject 2: Cultural History
Features: 1st Edition
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Life after Death: Approaches to a Cultural and Social History of Europe During the 1940s and 1950s
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 500 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Dirk Schumann, Richard Bessel
Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
