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Seeing Hitler's Germany
Kristin Semmens
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Description for Seeing Hitler's Germany
Hardback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
Seeing Hitler's Germany is the first fully researched, wide-ranging study of commercial tourism under the swastika. The book demonstrates how effectively the Nazi regime coordinated all German tourism organizations. At the same time, it emphasizes the apparent 'normality' of many everyday tourist experiences after 1933. These certainly helped some Germans and many foreign visitors to overlook the regime's brutality. However, tourism also celebrated the most racist, chauvinist aspects of the 'new Germany', which in turn became a normal part of being a tourist under Hitler. While violence and terror have continued to dominate many recent studies of the Third Reich, ... Read more
Seeing Hitler's Germany is the first fully researched, wide-ranging study of commercial tourism under the swastika. The book demonstrates how effectively the Nazi regime coordinated all German tourism organizations. At the same time, it emphasizes the apparent 'normality' of many everyday tourist experiences after 1933. These certainly helped some Germans and many foreign visitors to overlook the regime's brutality. However, tourism also celebrated the most racist, chauvinist aspects of the 'new Germany', which in turn became a normal part of being a tourist under Hitler. While violence and terror have continued to dominate many recent studies of the Third Reich, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403939142
SKU
V9781403939142
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Ref
99-15
About Kristin Semmens
KRISTIN SEMMENS is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Victoria, Canada. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Her dissertation was awarded the 2003 Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History and the German Historical Institute (London) Annual Thesis Prize.
Reviews for Seeing Hitler's Germany
'Thoroughly researched and lucidly written, this is an original and impressive contribution to our understanding of the relationship between the Nazi regime and German society.' - Professor Jeremy Noakes, Department of History, University of Exeter 'Semmens has provided an original and accessible discussion of a thought-provoking and under-researched subject of historical enquiry.' - Reviews in History