{"product_id":"four-germanys-donald-s-pitkin-9781439913420","title":"Four Germanys: A Chronicle of the Schorcht Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this last book by the late Donald Pitkin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House that Giacomo Built\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a story of the Schorcht family, through whose fortunes and struggles one can see the transformations of Germany through the long twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter of \u003ci\u003eFour Germanys\u003c\/i\u003e is reflective of generational rather than historical time. In 1922, Edwin Schorcht inherited his family farm, and in Part One, Pitkin traces the derivation of this farmstead. Part Two focuses on Schorcht's children who came of age in Hitler's Germany. Part Three has the Schorchts growing up in the Ulbricht years (1950-73) of the German Democratic Republic. The book concludes with the great-granddaughter, Maria, looking back to the past in relation to the new Germany that history had bequeathed her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eFour Germanys\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the impact of critical historical events on ordinary East Germans while it also reveals how one particular family managed its own historical adaptation to these events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald S. Pitkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439913420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439913420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Donald S. Pitkin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065586987263,"sku":"9781439913420","price":94.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7f5f8c2-5309-483f-a02e-9c5875b66629.jpg?v=1768675957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/four-germanys-donald-s-pitkin-9781439913420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}