UID:
almafu_9961447182402883
Format:
1 online resource (XII, 150 p.)
ISBN:
9783111202303
Series Statement:
Migrations in History , 4
Content:
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.
Note:
Diss. European University Institute 2022.
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111203065
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111201320
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783111202303
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111202303
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111202303
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111202303
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111202303
