GIs and Frauleins : the German-American encounter in 1950s West Germany / by Maria Hohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Höhn, Maria, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)--Social conditions.

Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany).

Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)--Economic conditions.

United States--Armed Forces--Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate Region.

United States.

Germany--History--1945-.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the outbreak of the Korean War, the poor, rural West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate became home to some of the largest American military installations outside the United States. In GI's and Frauleins, Maria Hohn offers a rich social history of this German-American encounter and provides new insights into how West Germans negotiated their transition from National Socialism to a consumer democracy during the 1950's. Focusing on the conservative reaction to the American military presence, Hohn shows that Germany's Christian Democrats, though eager to be allied

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. ""...And Then the Americans Came Again""; 2. Living with the New Neighbors; 3. When Jim Crow Came to the German Heimat; 4. Heimat in Turmoil; 5. Controlling the ""Veronikas"" and ""Soldiers' Brides""; 6. Keeping America at Bay; 7. Punishing the ""Veronikas""; 8. The Kaiserslautern Steinstrasse Affair; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-325) and index.

ISBN:

9798890867810

9780807860328

0807860328

OCLC:

476268589