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The German Melting Pot

Multiculturality in Historical Perspective

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  • © 1998

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  1. Wolfgang Zank

    1. Aalborg University, Denmark

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 1-35

  4. A Melting-Pot Under Pressure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Germany after 1871 — Some General Aspects and Trends

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 97-105

    3. The Four Main Socio-Cultural Milieux

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 106-114

    4. The Uniting Force of Federalism: Southern Germany in Contrast to Alsace-Lorraine

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 115-117

    5. The Jews

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 118-119

    6. Native Non-German Minorities

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 120-126

    7. Immigrants and East-West Migrants

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 127-131

    8. Some Conclusions: Cultural Conflicts and Integration in the Kaiserreich

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 132-135

  5. A Meltdown

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. The First World War — The Primary Catastrophe of the Century

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 139-142

    3. The Weimar Republic

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 143-162

    4. The Third Reich, the Second World War and Genocide

      • Wolfgang Zank
      Pages 163-184

  6. A Melting-Pot Modernized

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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From medieval times until today Germany has been a cocktail of very different peoples and cultural groups. The components of the 'cocktail' have changed, but not Germany's character as such. The many cultural divides have often led to conflict, once even to genocide, but surprisingly often cooperation, or at least peaceful coexistence, has been the characteristic feature. Against the background of a graphic historical survey the author analyzes the factors which have made cooperation possible, or conversely, have produced conflicts.

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  • Aalborg University, Denmark

    Wolfgang Zank

About the author

WOLFGANG ZANK is an Assistant Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark. He studied history, sociology and economics at Bochum University 1973-79, and became a research fellow there. From 1984-91 he had various appointments at Danish universities and was a Senior Researcher at Aalborg University prior to becoming an Assistant Professor.

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