Turkish Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany. By Sarah Thomsen Vierra. Drawing on a diverse array of Turkish- and German-language sources, this book explores the history of Turkish immigrants and their children in West Berlin from 1961 to the early years after reunification. Sarah Thomsen Vierra sheds new light on the relationship between belonging, identity, and everyday life. As the largest national group of guest workers in Germany, the Turks became a visible presence in local neighbourhoods and schools and had diverse social, cultural, and religious needs. Focussing on West Berlin, Sarah Thomsen Vierra explores the history of Turkish immigrants and their children from the early days of their participation in the post-war guest worker program to the formation of multi-generational communities. Both German and Turkish sources help to uncover how the first and second generations created spaces of belonging for themselves within and alongside West German society, while also highlighting the factors that influenced that process, from individual agency and community dynamics to larger institutional factors such as educational policy and city renovation projects. By examining the significance of daily interactions at the workplace, in the home, in the neighbourhood, and in places of worship, we see that spatial belonging was profoundly linked to local-level daily life and experiences. Sarah Thomsen Vierra is an assistant professor of history at New England College of Henniker, New Hampshire. She received her doctorate in European history from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and was granted the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize by the German Historical Institute in 2012. In addition, she has contributed chapters on West Berlin’s Turkish community, the influence of the Cold War on the guest worker program, and migration in modern German history more broadly to edited volumes. Her research interests include migration, ethnic and religious minorities in European society, and everyday history. Settling in at work; 2. At home in Almanya; 3. Around the neighbourhood; 4. Learning to belong; 5. Making space for religion; 6. Belonging in reunified Germany; Conclusion: integration as history, reciprocity, and space. Historical works on Turkish Germans and Turkish Gastarbeiter i. E,’guest workers’ are in short supply. Though Turks are the largest ethnic minority in Germany, only recently have scholars begun to pay serious attention to this group. [Thomsen] Vierra delivers a social history of first-generation Turkish immigrants and their children, exploring how they interacted with and indeed influenced the community in which they lived while also creating spaces for themselves that were distinctly Turkish. [Thomsen] Vierra’s research focuses primarily on the West Berlin neighborhood of Sprengelkiez, and she makes clear that she does not intend her book to speak for the experiences of all Turkish Germans. Geographic specificity aside, this volume is a welcome addition to the literature on German ethnic minorities and guest workers… Readable and richly supported by both Turkish and German sources, including oral histories, newspapers, archival documents, and memoirs. Rasel, Choice’Historical works on Turkish Germans and Turkish Gastarbeiter i. Historical works on Turkish Germans and Turkish Gastarbeiteri. Provides a rich examination of how Turkish immigrants and their children created spaces of belonging in West German society. Author Sarah Thomsen Vierra. Publisher Cambridge University Press. Series Publications Of The German Historical Institute. Imprint Cambridge University Press. Place of Publication Cambridge. Country of Publication United Kingdom. Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 17 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white. Short Title Early Teaching and Assessment Guide. Audience Professional and Scholarly. UK Release Date 2018-10-25. AU Release Date 2018-10-25. NZ Release Date 2018-10-25. We’ve got this. At The Nile, if you’re looking for it, we’ve got it. This item is in the category “Books, Comics & Magazines\Textbooks, Education & Reference\Adult Learning & University”. The seller is “the_nile” and is located in this country: AU. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- ISBN-13: 9781108427302
- Book Title: Turkish Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany
- ISBN: 9781108427302
- EAN: 9781108427302
- Publication Year: 2018
- Type: Textbook
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Publication Name: Turkish Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany: Immigration, Space, and Belonging, 1961-1990
- Item Height: 235mm
- Author: Sarah Thomsen Vierra
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Item Width: 159mm
- Subject: Archaeology, History
- Item Weight: 550g
- Number of Pages: 282 Pages
