Modern Germany in transatlantic perspective / edited by Michael Meng and Adam R. Seipp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meng, Michael, editor.

Seipp, Adam R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jarausch, Konrad H. (Konrad Hugo), 1941-.

Jarausch, Konrad H.

Germany--Historiography--20th century.

Germany.

Germany--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; London, [England] : Berghahn, 2017.

Summary:

"Bringing together incisive contributions from an international group of colleagues and former students, Modern Germany in Transatlantic Perspective takes stock of the field of German history as exemplified by the extraordinary scholarly career of Konrad H. Jarausch. Through fascinating reflections on the discipline's theoretical, professional, and methodological dimensions, it explores Jarausch's monumental work as a teacher and a builder of scholarly institutions. In this way, it provides not merely a look back at the last fifty years of German history, but a path forward as new ideas and methods infuse the study of Germany's past."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction. From Ruination to Renewal: Konrad Jarausch’s Europe

I: Theory and Historiography Questions

Chapter 1 History and Theory: Writing Modern European Histories after the Linguistic Turn

Chapter 2 Paths Forward: In Defense of the History of Disciplines

Chapter 3 Contextualizing the Holocaust: Modernization, Modernity, Colonialism, and Genocide

II: Memory, Professionalization, and Professions

Chapter 4 Gender and Academic Culture: Women in the Historical Profession in Germany and the United States since 1945

Chapter 5 Forms, Strategies, and Narratives of Professionalization in Western and Eastern Europe: Autonomous Profession versus Heteronomous Professional Service Class?

Chapter 6 A Myth of Unity: German Unification as a Challenge in Contemporary History

III: Narratives of German History

Chapter 7 A “Shattered” Religious Past: Rethinking the Master Narratives of Twentieth-Century German Christianity

Chapter 8 Central, Not Subsidiary: Migration as a Master Narrative in Modern German History

Chapter 9 Protest and Participation: The Transformation of Democratic Praxis in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1968–83

IV: Family Histories

Chapter 10 Die Bratus: Sketch for a Minor German History

Chapter 11 On Losing One’s Children Twice: An Intimate Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-632-4

1-78533-705-X

OCLC:

1350572089