Bridging the Atlantic : the question of American exceptionalism in perspective / edited by Elisabeth Glaser and Hermann Wellenreuther.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gläser, Elisabeth.

Wellenreuther, Hermann

German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Publications of the German Historical Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography--Methodology.

Civilization.

Relations.

United States--Relations--Germany--Congresses.

United States.

Germany--Relations--United States--Congresses.

Germany.

United States--Relations--Europe--Congresses.

Europe--Relations--United States--Congresses.

Europe.

National characteristics, American--Congresses.

National characteristics, American.

United States--Civilization--Congresses.

Germany--Civilization--Congresses.

Europe--Civilization--Congresses.

Historiography--Methodology--Congresses.

Historiography.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 310 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This volume discusses comparative developments in modern European and American history.

Contents:

Liberal democracy as a culture of rights : England, the United States, and Continental Europe / Gerald Stourzh

American exceptionalism : republicanism as ideology / Ari Hoogenboom

The role of religion in Germany and America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Hartmut Lehmann

The impact of Darwinism on religion and science in America and Europe during the nineteenth century / Carl N. Degler

Nationalism as a civil religion in the thought of Abraham Lincoln, Carl Schurz, and Otto von Bismarck / Hans L. Trefousse

German Catholic communalism and the American Civil War : exploring the dilemmas of transatlantic political integration / Kathleen Neils Conzen

Toward a comparative history of racism and xenophobia in the United States and Germany, 1865-1933 / Kenneth L. Kusmer

Movie stereotypes, 1890-1918 : some German and American national perceptions / Daniel J. Leab

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler : a contemporary comparison revisited / Gerhard L. Weinberg

The role of the banker in transatlantic history : J.P. Morgan & Co. and aid for the Allies, 1914-1916 / Elisabeth Glaser

Transatlantic history as national history? Thoughts on German post-World War II historiography / Peter Krüger

American exceptionalism as national history? / Hans R. Guggisberg

The historical world of Erich Angermann / Hermann Wellenreuther.

Notes:

Rev. papers presented at a symposium held at the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C., June 8-10, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0521782058

OCLC:

44090447