Date: 2010
Type: Book
The United States and Germany during the Twentieth Century. Competition and Convergence
MAUCH, Christof; PATEL, Kiran Klaus (editor/s)
New York, Cambridge University Press, 2010
MAUCH, Christof, PATEL, Kiran Klaus (editor/s), The United States and Germany during the Twentieth Century. Competition and Convergence, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2010
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/14534
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
The United States and Germany during the Twentieth Century presents a wide ranging comparison of American and German societies during the late 19th and 20th centuries. The two countries - the world’s leading "rising powers" of the time - were both more similar and more different than is widely understood. Above all, their dual encounter with modernity brings out the richness of both societies as they faced unprecedented internal and external challenges, sometimes in isolation, but more often in combination or in parallel with one another.
Table of Contents:
Contributors
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
1 Modernities: Competition versus Convergence
Christof Mauch and Kiran Klaus Patel
1
2 Empires: Might and Myopia
Thomas Bender and Michael Geyer
13
3 Religion: Belief and Power
Simone Lässig and Rainer Prätorius
32
4 Law: Constitutionalism and Culture
Manfred Berg and Dieter Gosewinkel
52
5 Welfare: Entitlement and Exclusion
Daniel Letwin and Gabriele Metzler
70
6 Immigration: Myth versus Struggles
Tobias Brinkmann and Annemarie Sammartino
85
7 Masses: Mobilization versus Manipulation
W. Fitzhugh Brundage and Konrad H. Jarausch
102
8 Market: Consumption and Commerce
Heinz-Gerhard Haupt and Paul Nolte
121
9 Authority: Schools and Military
Dirk Schumann and Judith Sealander
144
10 Gender: Equality and Differences
Eileen Boris and Christiane Eifert
161
11 Environment: Conservation versus Exploitation
Christof Mauch and Kiran Klaus Patel
180
12 Film and Television
Edward Dimendberg and Anton Kaes
194
13 Education: Universities and Research
Kathryn M. Olesko and Christoph Strupp
211
14 Media: Government versus Market
Philipp Gassert and Christina von Hodenberg
227
Index
245
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/14534
ISBN: 9780521145619
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
