ISBN:
9783111202303
,
9783111203065
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 150 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Migrations in history volume 4
Uniform Title:
West side stories
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Adamopoulou, Maria The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960–1974)
Dissertation note:
European University Institute 2022
Keywords:
HISTORY / Social History
;
Gastarbeiter
;
Greece, Germany, postwar
;
Migration
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Griechenland
;
Deutschland
;
Einwanderung
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
Abstract:
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:
This publication is based on the dissertation "West side stories: the Greek Gastarbeiter's migration to the Federal Republic of Germany and their return to the homeland (1960-1989)", submitted to the EUI in October 2021 and defended at the EUI in 31st of January 2022
DOI:
10.1515/9783111202303
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