{"product_id":"from-monuments-to-traces-rudy-koshar-9780520217683","title":"From Monuments to Traces: Artifacts of German Memory, 1870-1990 Volume 24","description":"Rudy Koshar constructs a powerful framework in which to examine the subject of German collective memory, which for more than a half century has been shaped by the experience of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. Finding the assumptions of many writers and scholars shortsighted, Koshar surveys the evidence of postwar German memory in the context of previous traditions. \u003ci\u003eFrom Monuments to Traces \u003c\/i\u003efollows the evolution of German \"memory landscapes\" all the way from national unification in 1870-71 through the world wars and political division to reunification in 1990.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The memory landscapes of any society may incorporate monuments, historical buildings, memorials and cemeteries, battlefields, streets, or natural environments that foster shared memories of important events or personalities. They may also be designed to divert public attention from embarrassing or traumatic histories. Koshar argues that in Germany, memory landscapes have taken shape according to four separate paradigms--the national monument, the ruin, the reconstruction, and the trace--which he analyzes in relation to the changing political agendas that have guided them over time. Despite the massive ruptures of Germany's history, we see that significant continuities have served to counterbalance the traumas of the German past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudy Koshar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520217683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520217683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 6.29w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 974","brand":"Rudy Koshar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064996049151,"sku":"9780520217683","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4cc61dd0-6d83-4b35-a4d7-0b9fdc3f5cda.jpg?v=1768672443","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-monuments-to-traces-rudy-koshar-9780520217683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}