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Thomas, Marcel, 1991-

Local lives, parallel histories : villagers and everyday life in the divided Germany / Marcel Thomas. - First edition. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). - Studies in German history Oxford scholarship online . - Studies in German history. Oxford scholarship online. .

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thirty years after German reunification, we still know little about what division meant to Germans who lived far from divided Berlin or the inner-German border. This work uses oral history interviews and archival evidence to compare how villagers in East and West experienced the two very different social and political systems in their localities.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780191889646 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Villages--Social conditions--Regional disparities.--Germany--20th century

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany (East)--Rural conditions.
Germany (West)--Rural conditions.
Germany (East)--Politics and government--20th century.
Germany (West)--Politics and government--20th century.

LC Class. No.: HT431

Dewey Class. No.: 307.762094309045