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Author	Allert, Tilman.
Title	The Hitler salute : on the meaning of a gesture / Tilman Allert ; translated by Jefferson Chase.
Publication Info.	New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2008.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	943 A	IN LIBRARY

Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Description	115 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note	Translation of: Der deutsche Gruss.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-106) and index.
Contents	Shaping the beginning -- The greeting as initial gift -- German greetings -- An oath by any other name -- The rise of the sphere of mistrust -- Devaluing the present -- The long shadow of a fatal gesture.
Subject	Salutations -- Germany.
	National socialism -- Social aspects -- Germany.
	Political customs and rites -- Germany.
	Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Added Author	Chase, Jefferson S., translator.
Added Title	Deutsche Gruss. English
ISBN	9780805081787
	080508178X

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