Date: 2024
Type: Book
The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960–1974)
Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2024, Migrations in history ; 4
ADAMOPOULOU, Maria, The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960–1974), Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2024, Migrations in history ; 4
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76816
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Was 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.
Table of Contents:
-- 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 -- Conclusion
Additional information:
Published: 01 April 2024
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76816
Full-text via DOI: 10.1515/9783111202303
ISBN: 9783111202303; 9783111201320; 9783111203065
ISSN: 2701-1437; 2701-1445
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Sponsorship and Funder information:
This book has been published with a financial subsidy from the European University Institute.
Initial version: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73949
Version: Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2022
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