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  • Daniel Fallon
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The German-American Encounter
This chapter is in the book The German-American Encounter
© 2001, Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford

© 2001, Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. INTRODUCTION x
  6. PART ONE. THE GERMAN PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY
  7. INTRODUCTION A New Look at the Nineteenth Century 3
  8. Chapter 1 — PHANTOM LANDSCAPES OF COLONIZATION Germans in the Making of a Pluralist America 7
  9. Chapter 2 — THE FORTY-EIGHTERS Catalysts of German-American Politics 22
  10. Chapter 3 — GERMAN WORKING-CLASS RADICALISM AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 37
  11. Chapter 4 — “SISTERS, ARISE!” The Intersections of Nineteenth-Century German and American Feminist Movements 49
  12. Chapter 5 — THE FUTURE OF GERMAN RELIGION IN NORTH AMERICA 61
  13. Chapter 6 — GERMAN INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN EDUCATION 77
  14. Chapter 7 — HOW (AND WHY) TO READ GERMAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE 88
  15. Chapter 8 — GERMAN-LANGUAGE WRITING IN THE UNITED STATES A Serious Challenge to American Studies? 103
  16. PART TWO. THE AMERICAN PART OF GERMAN HISTORY
  17. INTRODUCTION From World War II to the Fall of the Berlin Wall 117
  18. Chapter 9 — AMERICA IN GERMANY Power and the Pursuit of Americanization 121
  19. Chapter 10 — FORDISM AND WEST GERMAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE, 1945–1989 145
  20. Chapter 11 — “GERMANY HAS BEEN A MELTING POT” American and German Intercultures, 1945–1955 158
  21. Chapter 12 — THE JEWISH ROLE IN GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS 179
  22. Chapter 13 — THE ISRAELI AND GERMAN HOLOCAUST DISCOURSES AND THEIR TRANSATLANTIC DIMENSION 188
  23. Chapter 14 — THE PLACE OF THE HOLOCAUST IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY OF EVIL 198
  24. PART THREE. THE NEW TRANSATLANTIC PREDICAMENT
  25. INTRODUCTION Politics, Communication, and Scholarship 215
  26. Chapter 15 — INTELLECTUAL DISSONANCE German-American (Mis-)Understandings in the 1990s 219
  27. Chapter 16 — EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES Looking beyond 2000 234
  28. Chapter 17 — GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE EURO-ATLANTIC COMMUNITY 248
  29. Chapter 18 — BRIDGING INTELLECTUAL AND MASS CULTURES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 256
  30. Chapter 19 — THE AMERICANIZATION-OF-GERMANY DEBATE An Archaeology of Tacit Background Assumptions 267
  31. Chapter 20 — GAINED IN TRANSLATION Hollywood Films, German Publics 285
  32. Chapter 21 — TRADITION AND CRITICISM German Studies in the Age of Globalization 292
  33. Chapter 22 — TEACHING CULTURAL DIFFERENCE Multiculturalism and the Internationalization of American Studies 305
  34. CONTRIBUTORS 325
  35. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 326
  36. INDEX 338
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800734951-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
  4. PREFACE ix
  5. INTRODUCTION x
  6. PART ONE. THE GERMAN PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY
  7. INTRODUCTION A New Look at the Nineteenth Century 3
  8. Chapter 1 — PHANTOM LANDSCAPES OF COLONIZATION Germans in the Making of a Pluralist America 7
  9. Chapter 2 — THE FORTY-EIGHTERS Catalysts of German-American Politics 22
  10. Chapter 3 — GERMAN WORKING-CLASS RADICALISM AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 37
  11. Chapter 4 — “SISTERS, ARISE!” The Intersections of Nineteenth-Century German and American Feminist Movements 49
  12. Chapter 5 — THE FUTURE OF GERMAN RELIGION IN NORTH AMERICA 61
  13. Chapter 6 — GERMAN INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN EDUCATION 77
  14. Chapter 7 — HOW (AND WHY) TO READ GERMAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE 88
  15. Chapter 8 — GERMAN-LANGUAGE WRITING IN THE UNITED STATES A Serious Challenge to American Studies? 103
  16. PART TWO. THE AMERICAN PART OF GERMAN HISTORY
  17. INTRODUCTION From World War II to the Fall of the Berlin Wall 117
  18. Chapter 9 — AMERICA IN GERMANY Power and the Pursuit of Americanization 121
  19. Chapter 10 — FORDISM AND WEST GERMAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE, 1945–1989 145
  20. Chapter 11 — “GERMANY HAS BEEN A MELTING POT” American and German Intercultures, 1945–1955 158
  21. Chapter 12 — THE JEWISH ROLE IN GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS 179
  22. Chapter 13 — THE ISRAELI AND GERMAN HOLOCAUST DISCOURSES AND THEIR TRANSATLANTIC DIMENSION 188
  23. Chapter 14 — THE PLACE OF THE HOLOCAUST IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY OF EVIL 198
  24. PART THREE. THE NEW TRANSATLANTIC PREDICAMENT
  25. INTRODUCTION Politics, Communication, and Scholarship 215
  26. Chapter 15 — INTELLECTUAL DISSONANCE German-American (Mis-)Understandings in the 1990s 219
  27. Chapter 16 — EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES Looking beyond 2000 234
  28. Chapter 17 — GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE EURO-ATLANTIC COMMUNITY 248
  29. Chapter 18 — BRIDGING INTELLECTUAL AND MASS CULTURES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 256
  30. Chapter 19 — THE AMERICANIZATION-OF-GERMANY DEBATE An Archaeology of Tacit Background Assumptions 267
  31. Chapter 20 — GAINED IN TRANSLATION Hollywood Films, German Publics 285
  32. Chapter 21 — TRADITION AND CRITICISM German Studies in the Age of Globalization 292
  33. Chapter 22 — TEACHING CULTURAL DIFFERENCE Multiculturalism and the Internationalization of American Studies 305
  34. CONTRIBUTORS 325
  35. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 326
  36. INDEX 338
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