As much as any other nation, Germany has long been understood in terms of totalizing narratives. For Anglo-American observers in particular, the legacies of two world wars still powerfully define twentieth-century German history, whether through the lens of Nazi-era militarism and racial hatred or the nation's emergence as a "model" postwar industrial democracy. This volume transcends such common categories, bringing together transatlantic studies that are unburdened by the ideological and methodological constraints of previous generations of scholarship. From American perceptions of the…mehr
As much as any other nation, Germany has long been understood in terms of totalizing narratives. For Anglo-American observers in particular, the legacies of two world wars still powerfully define twentieth-century German history, whether through the lens of Nazi-era militarism and racial hatred or the nation's emergence as a "model" postwar industrial democracy. This volume transcends such common categories, bringing together transatlantic studies that are unburdened by the ideological and methodological constraints of previous generations of scholarship. From American perceptions of the Kaiserreich to the challenges posed by a multicultural Europe, it argues for-and exemplifies-an approach to German Studies that is nuanced, self-reflective, and holistic.
Konrad H. Jarausch is the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has written or edited some fifty books on modern German and European history. He has co-directed the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung in Potsdam and co-founded the UNC Center for European Studies. His most recent book is Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century (Princeton University Press, 2018).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Karin Goihl Introduction Konrad Jarausch and Harald Wenzel PART I: RESPONSES TO MODERNITY Chapter 1. A Modern Reich? American Perceptions of Wilhelmine Germany, 1890-1914 Scott H. Krause Chapter 2. The Dual Training System: The Southwest's Contributions to German Economic Development Hal Hansen Chapter 3. The "German Forest" as an Emblem of Germany's Ambivalent Modernity Jeffrey K. Wilson Chapter 4. Health as a Public Good: The Positive Legacies of Volksgesundheit Annette F. Timm PART II: DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION Chapter 5. Antifascist Heroes and Nazi Victims: Myth-making and Political Reorientation in Berlin, 1945-1947 Clara M. Oberle Chapter 6. The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword?: Student Newspapers and Democracy in Postwar West Germany Brian M. Puaca Chapter 7. Human Rights, Pluralism and the Democratization of Post-War Germany Ned Richardson-Little Chapter 8. African Students and Racial Ambivalence in the GDR during the 1960s Sara Pugach PART III: SEARCHING FOR A NEW MODEL Chapter 9. The "German Model" in Renewable Energy Development Carol Hager Chapter 10. Germany's Approach to the Financial Crisis: A Product of Ordo-Liberalism? Mark K. Cassell Chapter 11. Dreams of Divided Berlin: Postmigrant Perspectives on German Nationhood in Die Schwäne vom Schlachthof Jeffrey Jurgens PART IV: GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS Chapter 12. Inventing the German Film as Foreign Film: The Origins of a Fraught Transatlantic Exchange Sara F. Hall Chapter 13. Atlantic Transfers of Critical Theory: Alexander Kluge and the U.S. in Fiction Matthew D. Miller Chapter 14. Nation and Memory: Redemptive and Reflective Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary Germany Michael Meng Bibliography Index
Preface Karin Goihl Introduction Konrad Jarausch and Harald Wenzel PART I: RESPONSES TO MODERNITY Chapter 1. A Modern Reich? American Perceptions of Wilhelmine Germany, 1890-1914 Scott H. Krause Chapter 2. The Dual Training System: The Southwest's Contributions to German Economic Development Hal Hansen Chapter 3. The "German Forest" as an Emblem of Germany's Ambivalent Modernity Jeffrey K. Wilson Chapter 4. Health as a Public Good: The Positive Legacies of Volksgesundheit Annette F. Timm PART II: DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION Chapter 5. Antifascist Heroes and Nazi Victims: Myth-making and Political Reorientation in Berlin, 1945-1947 Clara M. Oberle Chapter 6. The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword?: Student Newspapers and Democracy in Postwar West Germany Brian M. Puaca Chapter 7. Human Rights, Pluralism and the Democratization of Post-War Germany Ned Richardson-Little Chapter 8. African Students and Racial Ambivalence in the GDR during the 1960s Sara Pugach PART III: SEARCHING FOR A NEW MODEL Chapter 9. The "German Model" in Renewable Energy Development Carol Hager Chapter 10. Germany's Approach to the Financial Crisis: A Product of Ordo-Liberalism? Mark K. Cassell Chapter 11. Dreams of Divided Berlin: Postmigrant Perspectives on German Nationhood in Die Schwäne vom Schlachthof Jeffrey Jurgens PART IV: GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS Chapter 12. Inventing the German Film as Foreign Film: The Origins of a Fraught Transatlantic Exchange Sara F. Hall Chapter 13. Atlantic Transfers of Critical Theory: Alexander Kluge and the U.S. in Fiction Matthew D. Miller Chapter 14. Nation and Memory: Redemptive and Reflective Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary Germany Michael Meng Bibliography Index
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