Germany as a Culture of Remembrance: Promises and Limits of Writing History

by Alon Confino

An acknowledged authority on German history and memory, Alon Confino presents in this volume an original critique of the relations between nationhood, memory, and history, applied to the specific case of Germany. In ten essays (three never before published and one published only in German), Confino offers a distinct view of German nationhood in particular and of nationhood in general as a product of collective negotiation and exchange between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080785722X
• ISBN13: 9780807857229
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"