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Different Germans, Many Germanies

New Transatlantic Perspectives
1. Aufl.

von: Konrad H. Jarausch, Harald Wenzel, Karin Goihl
37,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	01.12.2016
ISBN/EAN:	9781785334313
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	340

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Karin Goihl
 <a>Introduction</a> 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

Autorenportrait

Harald Wenzel is Professor of Sociology at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies of the Freie Universität Berlin. His research focuses on sociological theory, the sociology of mass media, religion, and catastrophes. Publications include Die Abenteuer der Kommunikation: Echtzeitmassenmedien und der Handlungsraum der Hochmoderne and George Herbert Mead zur Einführung.