Unprecedented in scope and critical perspective, America and the Germans presents an analysis of the history of the Germans in America and of the turbulent relations between Germany and the United States. The two volumes bring together research in such diverse fields as ethnic studies, political science, linguistics, and literature, as well as American and German history.
Contributors are leading American and German scholars, such as Kathleen Neils Conzen, Joshua A. Fishman, Peter Gay, Harold Jantz, Gunter Moltmann, Steven Muller, Theo Sommer, Fritz Stern , Herbert A. Strauss, Gerhard L. Weinberg, and Don Yoder. These scholars assess the ethnicity and acculturation of German-Americans from the seventeenth century to the twentieth; the state of German language and culture in the United States; World War I as a turning point in relations between German and America; the political, economic, and cultural relations before and after World War II; and the midcentury state of affairs between the two countries. Special chapters are devoted to the Pennsylvania Germans, Jewish-German immigration after 1933, Americanism in Germany, and a critical appraisal of current research.
American and the Germans presents a fascinating introduction to the subject as well as new perspectives for a more critical and comprehensive study of its many facets. It can be used as a reader in the fields of German studies, American studies, political science, European and German history, American history, ethnic studies, and German and American literature. Although each contribution reflects the state of current scholarship, it is formulated with the uninitiated reader in mind.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Empire and Republic: German American Relations Before 1917
The United States and the Weimar Republic: A ‚Special Relationship‘ that Failed
From Confrontation to Cooperation: Germany and the United States, 1933 -1949
Elusive Affinities: Acceptance and Rejection of the German-Americans;
An Untidy Love Affair: The American Image of Germany since 1930
Freud’s America
Neither State nor Synagogue: The Left-Wing German-Jewish Emigré Intellectual as Representative Jew
Research on the Intellectual Migration to the United States After 1933: Still in Need of an Assessment
How Real is German Anti-Americanism? An Assessment
Über den Autor
Frank Trommler is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Die Kultur der Weimarer Republik. Joseph Mc Veigh is Professor of German Studies at Smith College.
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