Virtual Walls?: Political Unification and Cultural Difference in Contemporary Germany

On October 3, 1990, just a year after the Berlin Wall fell, the German Democratic Republic was absorbed into the Federal Republic of Germany, officially ceasing to exist. What was the GDR and how do we remember it? According to the dominant Western narrative, it was a country that brought neither unity nor justice nor freedom to its citizens. But if so, why does a virtual wall still seem to exist in Germany today between the erstwhile citizens...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157113980X
• ISBN13: 9781571139801
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"