History Shared and Divided

Frank Bösch is Director of the Center for Contemporary History Research and Professor of German and European History of the 20th Century at the University of Potsdam. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on political, social, and media history, including Mass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present (English edition: Berghahn, 2015).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Divided and Connected: Perspectives on German History since the 1970sFrank BöschChapter 1. Political Transformations in East and WestFrank Bösch and Jens GiesekeChapter 2. Economic Crises, Structural Change, and International EntanglementsRalf Ahrens and André SteinerChapter 3. Entangled Ecologies: Outlines of a Green History of Two or More GermanysFrank UekötterChapter 4. Social Security, Social Inequality, and the Welfare State in East and West GermanyWinfried SüßChapter 5. Rationalization, Automation, and Digitalization: Transformations in WorkRüdiger HachtmannChapter 6. The Individualization of Everyday Life: Consumption, Domestic Culture, and Family StructuresChristopher Neumaier and Andreas LudwigChapter 7. Paths to Digital Modernity: Computerization as Social ChangeJürgen Danyel and Annette SchuhmannChapter 8. Educational Rivalries: The Transition from a German-German Contest to an International CompetitionEmmanuel Droit and Wilfried RudloffChapter 9. Mobility and Migration in Divided GermanyMaren MöhringChapter 10. Sports and Society in the Rivalry between East and WestJutta BraunChapter 11. Bridge over Troubled Water? Mass Media in Divided GermanyFrank Bösch and Christoph ClassenIndex

“This book overcomes the fixation of the caesura of 1989/90 and thus opens new perspectives intro writing contemporary history.” • Historische Zeitschrift“A profound survey of an entangled and integrated German history that transcends previous works.” • Vierteljahrshefte für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte“…the range and rigour make this handbook a useful point of entry for specialists and students alike interested in understanding the transformation of Germany in the last half century.” • European History Quarterly“[The volume] provides over 500 pages of stimulating reading. It will be of interest to scholars researching in relevant fields and to graduate students embarking on doctoral work. It would also be excellent for a postgraduate seminar.” • Journal of European Studies