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Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- List Of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Local Lives -- A History Of Two Villages -- A Comparative History Of Life In The Divided Germany -- A Local History Of Everyday Life -- Challenging The Rural-urban Divide -- The Case Studies: Neukirch And Ebersbach -- Sources -- Chapter Outline -- 1. Modern Villagers: Rurality, Urbanity, And The Remaking Of The German Village -- Introduction Reforming The Rural: Backwardness And Modernization, 1945 To Late 1960s -- Villages Into Modern Centres: 'planning Euphoria' And High Modernism, Mid-1960s To Late 1970s -- The Return Of The Rural: Managing Crisis, Late 1970s To 1989 -- Conclusion -- 2. (un)making Community: Privacy And Communal Life In The Village -- Introduction -- Memories Of The Old Community -- Ebersbach: Unmaking Community -- Neukirch: Pragmatic Community -- Conclusion -- 3. Strangers In The Village: The Marginalization Of Newcomers In The Rural Community -- Introduction 'the First Strangers': Ethnic German Refugees After The Second World War -- Curious Presences: Foreign Workers Since The Late 1950s -- Newcomers And 'old Ebersbachers': Urban Commuters Since The 1960s -- Conclusion -- 4. The Cold War In The Village: Rural Germans, Division, And The German 'other' -- Introduction -- The Imaginary West: Longing For Consumer Affluence In Neukirch -- The Imaginary East: Perceptions Of The Gdr In Ebersbach -- Worlds Collide: German-german Encounters During The Wende -- Conclusion -- 5. Give-and-take Politics: Participation And Protest In The Village -- Introduction Socialist Activism In The Village: The Valtentalsee Resort -- Grass-roots Democracy And Local Activism_ The Youth Centre In Ebersbach -- State Crisis And Protest: The Vegetable Plots Of The Awg -- Protest And The Limits Of Local Activism_ The Illegal Crossing -- Conclusion -- 6. Beyond Nostalgia: Local History And S