Jennifer A. Miller. Turkish Guest Workers in Germany

Hidden Lives and Contested Borders, 1960s to 1980s

Bibliographic Data

ID9488192
AuthorsEmmanuel Comte (0000-0002-1341-9615, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume124
Issue4
Pages1540-1541
Publication date2019-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ahr/rhz889
OpenAlexW2979969875
LanguageEN
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Jennifer A. Miller’s Turkish Guest Workers in Germany: Hidden Lives and Contested Borders, 1960s to 1980s recounts the journey and life of Turkish migrants to Germany under the guest worker program. The narrative extends from the early 1960s (after the program was launched in 1961) to the 1980s (one decade after it formally ended in 1973). Nazi investment in the 1930s and during the war contributed to German postwar economic growth (12), which generated high levels of immigration. By the early 1970s, Turks made up the largest contingent of foreign workers in West Germany (15). The study relies on a wide variety of written sources, both in German and in Turkish, as well as on a few interviews. Documents in German come from both West German and East German archives. The former include mostly the documents of the German Labor Office (BAVAV/BA), and the latter those of the State Security Service (the Stasi).

Archaeology · Art · Economic history · German · Immigration · Literature · Miller · Narrative · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Refugee · State (computer science) · Turkish · Variety (cybernetics) · West germany · World War II · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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