Spending the 1989-1990 academic year in Eastern Germany, the historian Robert Darnton found himself caught up in the dramatic events in Berlin and Leipzig which eventually forced the re-unification of Germany. This eye-witness account of the French Revolution traces a revolution of a different kind where there were no barricades, no storming of the Bastille and no guillotines. Darnton covers both the overthrow of the old East German regime (September 1989 - January 1990) and the establishment of the new (January - July 1990 ...
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Spending the 1989-1990 academic year in Eastern Germany, the historian Robert Darnton found himself caught up in the dramatic events in Berlin and Leipzig which eventually forced the re-unification of Germany. This eye-witness account of the French Revolution traces a revolution of a different kind where there were no barricades, no storming of the Bastille and no guillotines. Darnton covers both the overthrow of the old East German regime (September 1989 - January 1990) and the establishment of the new (January - July 1990) travelling widely to uncover the lives of those who had suffered in silence for 40 years. In hours of conversation with his academic colleagues and ordinary citizens, newly elected local officials and member of the staunch Communist Old Guard, and an extraordinary survivor of the Holocaust, Darnton heard the East Germans unburden themselves of their past and express their hopes for the future. Darnton's book shows the human face of revolution, thus refreshing our sense of the possible in history.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. With a united Germany now a a part of our political landscape, it is easy to forget that this event was the culmination of one of the most remarkable revolutions in modern history. But in 1989-90 millions of East Germans courageously reclaimed authority from a pervasive dictatorship of party and state. Excellent condition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked volume. Interior pristine. East Germany, politics, government, Berlin, history, allied occupation 1945-, East-anti-communist movements. The miracle of the 1989 breach of the wall separating West and East Germany--millions of East Germans freed themselves from the pervasive dictatorship of party and state. This eyewitness account tells us just how extraordinary their actions really were. 352 pages with index. 6 x 9 inches. Norton & Co., New York and London, 1991.
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Fair Condition. No Dust Jacket. Light shelf and corner wear, water marking from about page 300 to the end of book with water marking also to the bottom of back cover, Missing DJ, Highlighting and minor marking, Binding is in good sturdy condition. 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; History. ISBN: 0393029700. ISBN/EAN: 9780393029703. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561019384.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Fine in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 352 with index. East Germany, politics, government, Berlin, history, allied occupation 1945-, East-anti-communist movements. The author's eyewitness account of November 9, 1989 when the indelible symbol of this revolution, the Berlin Wall, came down but he goes further into how millions of East Germans courageously reclaimed authority from a pervasive dictatorship of party and state to revive their grievanes, aspirations, and emotions. clean tight copy. some scratching on back d/j.
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Very good in very good jacket. 352 p. Chronology. Illustrations. Index. In 1989-1990 the East German people courageously reclaimed authority from a postwar dictatorship of party and state. In an exhilarating eyewitness account of these events, the distinguished historian Robert Darnton goes behind the headlines to bring us the human face of revolution.