Ethnic Minorities in 19th and 20th Century Germany: Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Turks and Others

ISBN-13: 9780582267602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 304 str.

Panikos Panayi

Opis

Traces the history of all ethnic minorities in Germany during the 19th and 20th centuries. The book examines the ways in which minority groups such as Jews and gypsies have attempted to cope with german nationalism since 1800, using contemporary and secondary material.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Majorities and minorities in German history.  Chapter 2: The emergence of the German nation state and the position of Ethnic minorities.  Chapter 3: The Kaiserreich, 1871 - 1918: Prejudice, exploitation and full emancipation.
Chapter 4: A liberal interlude? The weimar Republic, 1919-33.  Chapter 5: The triumph of the racists: nazism and its consequences.  Chapter 6: The age of mass migration: Germanies after 1945.  Chapter 7: The new Germany and its minorities.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Panikos Panayi is Professor of European History at De Montfort University and a leading authority on the history of immigration and ethnicity. His most recent book is the widely acclaimed Spicing Up Britain: The Multicultural History of British Food (2008, 2010).