Free Download K. Molly O’Donnell, Renate Bridenthal, Nancy Reagin, "The Heimat Abroad: The Boundaries of Germanness"
English | 2005 | pages: 337 | ISBN: 0472030671, 0472114913 | PDF | 0,9 mb
Germans have been one of the most mobile and dispersed populations on earth. Communities of German speakers, scattered around the globe, have long believed they could recreate their Heimat (homeland) wherever they moved, and that their enclaves could remain truly German. Furthermore, the history of Germany is inextricably tied to Germans outside the homeland who formed new communities that often retained their Germanness. Emigrants, including political, economic, and religious exiles such as Jewish Germans, fostered a nostalgia for home, which, along with longstanding mutual ties of family, trade, and culture, bound them to Germany.