UID:
almahu_9947414286902882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 234 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139052603 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Publications of the German Historical Institute
Content:
The essays in An Interrupted Past describe the fate of those German-speaking historians who fled from Nazi Europe to the United States. Their story is set into several contexts: the traditional relationship between German and American historiography, the evolution of the German historical profession in the twentieth century, the onset of Nazi persecution after 1933, the special situation in Austria, and the difficulty of settling the refugees in their new homeland. In addition to articles on prominent scholars, there are accounts of the group as a whole, including information on more than ninety individuals, and of their family lives. An Interrupted Past is set in one of the darkest periods in human history, a time of political catastrophe and personal suffering. Yet the lives recorded here also illustrate people's capacity to survive, adjust, and create under difficult circumstances.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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German and American historiography in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Ernst Schulin -- German historiography during the Weimar Republic and the émigré historians / Wolfgang J. Mommsen -- The historical seminar of the University of Berlin in the twenties / Felix Gilbert -- Refugee historians in America : preemigration Germany to 1939 / Michael H. Kater -- "Uphill work" : the German refugee historians and American institutions of higher learning / Karen J. Greenberg -- Everyday life and emigration : the role of women / Sibylle Quack -- The special case of Austrian refugee historians / Fritz Fellner --Schicksalsgeschichte : refugee historians in the United States / Catherine Epstein.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521403269
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139052603
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