6 Contemporary history as critical perspective
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Konrad H. Jarausch
Abstract
Konrad Jarausch analyses the transatlantic cooperation of historians dealing with National Socialism, the Holocaust, and the Second World War. He examines historiography as well as infrastructure, like the building of new institutions and the founding of periodicals. He also traces the way sources were handled and made accessible, from the collection of data for the Nuremberg Trials to digitization projects of the recent decade. How did this affect the writing of history both in central Europe and in the Anglo-American world? He points out that the historical writing which emerged in this particular framework was at once collaborative, implicitly comparative, and decidedly distinctive.
Abstract
Konrad Jarausch analyses the transatlantic cooperation of historians dealing with National Socialism, the Holocaust, and the Second World War. He examines historiography as well as infrastructure, like the building of new institutions and the founding of periodicals. He also traces the way sources were handled and made accessible, from the collection of data for the Nuremberg Trials to digitization projects of the recent decade. How did this affect the writing of history both in central Europe and in the Anglo-American world? He points out that the historical writing which emerged in this particular framework was at once collaborative, implicitly comparative, and decidedly distinctive.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- 1 An interview with Bernard Bailyn 13
- 2 ‘Once more the storm is howling’ 18
- 3 Atlantic History 34
- 4 Atlantic Studies today 52
- 5 The Transnational Transatlantic 76
- 6 Contemporary history as critical perspective 98
- 7 Towards a new diplomatic history of transatlantic relations 120
- 8 Transatlantic Catholicism and the making of the ‘Christian West’ 139
- 9 From denationalizing history to decanonizing teaching history 156
- Index 178
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- 1 An interview with Bernard Bailyn 13
- 2 ‘Once more the storm is howling’ 18
- 3 Atlantic History 34
- 4 Atlantic Studies today 52
- 5 The Transnational Transatlantic 76
- 6 Contemporary history as critical perspective 98
- 7 Towards a new diplomatic history of transatlantic relations 120
- 8 Transatlantic Catholicism and the making of the ‘Christian West’ 139
- 9 From denationalizing history to decanonizing teaching history 156
- Index 178
