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The United States and Germany during the twentieth century : competition and convergence
- Title
- The United States and Germany during the twentieth century : competition and convergence / edited by Christof Mauch, Kiran Klaus Patel.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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- Description
- xi, 256 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "The United States and Germany during the Twentieth Century presents a wide ranging comparison of American and German societies during the late 19th and 20th centuries"--
- "The United States and Germany during the Twentieth Century presents a wide ranging comparison of American and German societies during the late 19th and 20th centuries. The two countries - the world's leading "rising powers" of the time - were both more similar and more different than is widely understood. Above all, their dual encounter with modernity brings out the richness of both societies as they faced unprecedented internal and external challenges, sometimes in isolation, but more often in combination or in parallel with one another"--
- Series Statement
- Publications of the German Historical Institute
- Uniform Title
- Publications of the German Historical Institute.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Modernities : competition versus convergence / Christof Mauch and Kiran Klaus Patel -- Empire : might and myopia / Thomas Bender and Michael Geyer -- Religion : belief and power / Simone Lässig and Rainer Prätorius -- Law : constitutionalism and culture / Manfred Berg and Dieter Gosewinkel -- Welfare : entitlement and exclusion / Daniel Letwin and Gabriele Metzler -- Immigration : myth versus struggles / Tobias Brinkmann and Annemarie Sammartino -- Masses : mobilization versus manipulation / W. Fitzhugh Brundage and Konrad H. Jarausch -- Market : consumption and commerce / Heinz-Gerhard Haupt and Paul Nolte -- Authority : schools and military / Dirk Schumann and Judith Sealander -- Gender : equality and differences / Eileen Boris and Christiane Eifert -- Environment : conservation versus exploitation / Christof Mauch and Kiran Klaus Patel -- Film and television / Edward Dimendberg and Anton Kaes -- Education : universities and research / Kathryn M. Olesko and Christoph Strupp -- Media : government versus market / Philipp Gassert and Christina von Hodenberg.
- Call Number
- ICM (Germany) 14-2632
- ISBN
- 9780521197816 (hbk.)
- 0521197813 (hbk.)
- 9780521145619 (pbk.)
- 0521145619 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2010005232
- 40018294808
- OCLC
- 528665811
- Title
- The United States and Germany during the twentieth century : competition and convergence / edited by Christof Mauch, Kiran Klaus Patel.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Publications of the German Historical InstitutePublications of the German Historical Institute.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Mauch, Christof.Patel, Kiran Klaus.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40018294808
- Research Call Number
- ICM (Germany) 14-2632