Ostalgie and the politics of the future in eastern Germany

Public Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-381

  Boyer, Dominic ^a  

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EID: 33745051586     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-2006-008     Document Type: Review

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