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Christmas in Germany : a Cultural History / Joe Perry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780807899410
  • 0807899410
  • 9781469604947
  • 1469604949
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christmas in Germany.DDC classification:
  • 394.26630943 22
LOC classification:
  • GT4987.49 .C453 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: Germany's favorite holiday -- Scripting a national holiday -- Contradictions in the Christmas mood -- Christmas in enemy territory -- Under the sign of kauflust -- Christmas in the Third Reich -- Ghosts of Christmas past -- Conclusion: The nation around the Christmas tree.
Summary: An exploration of the invention, evolution, and politicization of Germany's favorite national holiday. Christmas played a crucial role in public politics, as revealed during World War I and World War II, the Nazification of Christmas by the Third Reich, and the political manipulation of Christmas during the Cold War.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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An exploration of the invention, evolution, and politicization of Germany's favorite national holiday. Christmas played a crucial role in public politics, as revealed during World War I and World War II, the Nazification of Christmas by the Third Reich, and the political manipulation of Christmas during the Cold War.

Introduction: Germany's favorite holiday -- Scripting a national holiday -- Contradictions in the Christmas mood -- Christmas in enemy territory -- Under the sign of kauflust -- Christmas in the Third Reich -- Ghosts of Christmas past -- Conclusion: The nation around the Christmas tree.

English.