Goodbye Lenin (2003): History in the subjunctive

Rethinking History

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-237

  Hillman, Roger ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; Film; German Unification; History

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547961478     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642520600648558     Document Type: Review

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