Dividing and Uniting Germany

by Bill Niven, J. K. A. Thomaneck

Overview

A concise introduction to the process which led to the division of Germany in 1949, and its unification in 1990, this book also explores the economic, social and cultural divisions between and east and west, which still exist in post-unification Germany.

Dividing and Uniting Germany covers all important aspects of the subject including:

• the role of the allies in the post-war division of the country
• the integration of West and East Germany into their respective blocs
• the problems of integrating east and west after 1990
• Germany's Nazi and socialist past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134671960
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2002
Series:	The Making of the Contemporary World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bill Niven, J. K. A. Thomaneck

Table of Contents

1. The State of the Nation 2. The Division of Germany 3. The Two German States: Realities and Images 4. The Intervening Years: Long-Term Factors in Change 5. The Events of 1989/1990 6. Unification? 7. Coming to Terms with the Past 8. Germany into the New Millenium