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West Germany and the Iron Curtain : environment, economy, and culture in the borderlands / Astrid M. Eckert.

Author/creator Eckert, Astrid M.
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Descriptionx, 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online History
Subject(s)
Portion of title Environment, economy, and culture in the borderlands
Abstract "West Germany and the Iron Curtain takes a fresh look at the history of Cold War Germany and the German reunification process from the spatial perspective of the West German borderlands that emerged along the volatile inter-German border after 1945. These border regions constituted the Federal Republic's most sensitive geographical space where it had to confront partition and engage its socialist neighbor East Germany in concrete ways. Each issue that arose in these borderlands - from economic deficiencies, border tourism, environmental pollution, landscape change, and the siting decision for a major nuclear facility - was magnified and mediated by the presence of what became the most militarized border of its day, the Iron Curtain"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 349-394) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019945938
ISBN9780190690052 (hardcover)
ISBN(epub)

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