America and the Germans : an assessment of a three-hundred-year history
著者
書誌事項
America and the Germans : an assessment of a three-hundred-year history
University of Pennsylvania Press, c1985
- set
注記
Rev. versions of papers presented at the Tricentennial Conference of German-American History, Politics, and Culture, held at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Oct. 3-6, 1983
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
収録内容
- v. 1. Immigration, language, ethnicity
- v. 2. The relationship in the twentieth century
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
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