West Germany Under Construction: Politics, Society, and Culture in the Adenauer Era

From the perspective of the 1990s, it is possible to see the road to the Bonn Republic and West Germany's "social market economy" as the "correct" postwar German path. But unified Germany continues to confront enormous problems of social inequality and widespread resistance to the acceptance of a truly multi-cultural society. By exploring how West Germans confronted--or failed to confront--similar problems in the early history of the Federal Republic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047206648X
• ISBN13: 9780472066483
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"