Product Description: This groundbreaking history traces the development of Germany's black community, from its origins in colonial Africa to its decimation by the Nazis during World War II. Robbie Aitken and Eve Rosenhaft follow the careers of Africans arriving from the colonies, examining why and where they settled, their working lives and their political activities, and giving unprecedented attention to gender, sexuality and the challenges of 'mixed marriage'...read more

Product Description: This classic text -- thoroughly revised to take into account the effects of unification -- explores the relationship between state policy and social change in modern German history. Particular emphasis is placed on the Wilhelmine Empire (pre-1918), the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and West Germany since 1945...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume contains articles by historians and social scientists from a wide range of areas of expertise, in which aspects of the interplay between state policy and social change are examined. The authors present both new ideas and fresh empirical material on a wide range of important topics...read more