Honecker's children : youth and patriotism in East(ern) Germany, 1979-2002 /: youth and patriotism in East(ern) Germany, 1979-2002. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna Saunders.
• Other Names: Saunders, Anna, 1976-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 943.10870835; Youth -- Political activity -- Germany (East) -- History; Socialism and youth -- Germany (East) -- History; Political socialization -- Germany (East) -- History; Patriotism -- Germany (East) -- History; Patriotism; Germany -- Social Life And Customs; Patriotism; Politics and government; Political socialization; Socialism and youth; Youth -- Political activity; HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany; HISTORY -- World; Germany (East) -- Politics and government; Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990; Germany; Germany (East); History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781781703014; 1781703019; 9780719074110; 0719074118; 1847794432; 9781847794437
• Related ISBNs: 9781847794437; 9780719082139; 0719082137
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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