Allert, Tilman.

The Hitler salute : on the meaning of a gesture / Tilman Allert ; translated by Jefferson Chase. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2008. - 115 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Translation of: Der deutsche Gruss.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-106) and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780805081787 080508178X

Standard No.: 40015327110

LCCN: 2007035667

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Salutations--Germany.
National socialism--Social aspects--Germany.
Political customs and rites--Germany.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--History--1933-1945.

LC Class. No.: GT3050.5.G3 / A4513 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 395.40943