The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960-1974)

dc.contributor.authorADAMOPOULOU, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-23T09:16:35Z
dc.date.available2024-04-23T09:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionPublished: 01 April 2024en
dc.description.abstractWas migration to Germany a blessing or a curse? The main argument of this book is that the Greek state conceived labor migration as a traineeship into Europeanization with its shiny varnish of progress. Jumping on a fully packed train to West Germany meant leaving the past behind. However, the tensed Cold War realities left no space for illusions; specters of the Nazi past and the Greek Civil War still haunted them all. Adopting a transnational approach, this monograph retargets attention to the sending state by exploring how the Greek Gastarbeiter’s welfare was intrinsically connected with their homeland through its exercise of long-distance nationalism. Apart from its fresh take in postwar migration, the book also addresses methodological challenges in creative ways. The narrative alternates between the macro- and the micro-level, including subnational and transnational actors and integrating a diverse set of primary sources and voices. Avoiding the trap of exceptionalism, it contextualizes the Greek case in the Mediterranean and Southeast European experience.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis book has been published with a financial subsidy from the European University Institute.en
dc.description.tableofcontents-- Introduction -- 1. Nazi skeletons in the closet -- 2. (Un)Civil conduct -- Intermezzo: Tragicomic -- 3. A cursed blessing -- 4. K(l)ein Griechenland -- 5. Junta and Co -- Intermezzo: Dancing on the train -- 6. Open end -- Conclusionen
dc.description.versionPublished version of EUI PhD thesis, 2022en
dc.identifier.citationBerlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2024, Migrations in history ; 4en
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/9783111202303
dc.identifier.isbn9783111202303
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dc.identifier.issn2701-1437
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/76816
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dc.publisherDe Gruyter Oldenbourgen
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dc.titleThe Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960-1974)en
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