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Nightmare envy and other stories : American culture and European reconstruction / George Blaustein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blaustein, George, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americanists--Europe, Central--History--20th century.
- Americanists.
- Europe, Central--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Europe, Central.
- United States--Study and teaching (Higher)--Europe, Central.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2018
- Summary:
- Drawing on a series of transatlantic encounters in the years following 1945, George Blaustein chronicles how issues like race, gender, and empire, as they relate to the United States, became areas of intense interest among members of the European academy.
- Contents:
- Introduction 1. Americanists in Unexpected Places 2. The Predicament of National Character 3. Pictures from an Institution: The Salzburg Seminar and Postwar Mitteleuropa 4. To the Heart of Europe: F. O. Matthiessen's Baedeker Epilogue: Americanists after America
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-087136-9
- 0-19-020923-2
- 0-19-020922-4
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