The economy of ethnic cleansing the transformation of the German-Czech borderlands after World War II

In the wake of World War II the Sudetenland became the scene of ethnic cleansing, witnessing not only the expulsion of nearly 3 million German speakers, but also the influx of nearly 2 million resettlers. Yet mob violence and nationalist hatred were not the driving forces of ethnic cleansing; instea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerlach, David W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • In the wake of war : expulsions, violence and borderland life
  • Divisions within the nation : resettlement, local power and settler conflicts
  • Persian rugs and well-appointed farms : the politics of expropriation
  • German workers, Czech settlers and labor politics
  • Consolidating borderland industries : from confiscation to nationalization
  • Borderlands transformed