Bridging the Atlantic: The Question of American Exceptionalism in Perspective

by Edited by Elisabeth Glaser , Hermann Wellenreuther

• ISBN13: 9780521782050
• ISBN10: 0521782058
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Bridging the Atlantic discusses comparative developments in modern European and American history. Including case studies on British, German and US history since the eighteenth century, it seeks to establish an integrated vision of Atlantic history. The contributions by European and American historians challenge the concept of American exceptionalism and present a vivid example of the ongoing debate between American and European historians on the structure and nature of European-American relations.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
Elisabeth Glaser
Hermann Wellenreuther
PART ONE TRANSATLANTIC FAITHS AND BELIEFS
Liberal Democracy as a Culture of Rights: England, the United States, and Continental Europe	11	(32)
Gerald Stourzh
American Exceptionalism: Republicanism as Ideology	43	(26)
Ari Hoogenboom
PART TWO TRANSATLANTIC IDEOLOGIES AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE OTHER
The Role of Religion in Germany and America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	69	(14)
Hartmut Lehmann
The Impact of Darwinism of Religion and Science in America and Europe During the Nineteenth Century	83	(20)
Carl N. Degler
Nationalism as a Civil Religion in the Thought of Abraham Lincoln, Carl Schurz, and Otto von Bismarck	103	(16)
Hans L. Trefousse
PART THREE PEOPLE IN THE TRANSATLANTIC WORLD: THE PERCEPTION OF SELF
German Catholic Communalism and the American Civil War: Exploring the Dilemmas of Transatlantic Political Integration	119	(26)
Kathleen Neils Conzen
Toward a Comparative History of Racism and Xenophobia in the United States and Germany, 1865-1933	145	(36)
Kenneth L. Kusmer
Movie Stereotypes, 1890-1918: Some German and American National Perceptions	181	(30)
Daniel J. Leab
PART FOUR TRANSATLANTIC POLITICS AND ECONOMICS
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler: A Contemporary Comparison Revisited	211	(12)
Gerhard L. Weinberg
The Role of the Banker in Transatlantic History: J. P. Morgan & Co. and Aid for the Allies, 1914-1916	223	(22)
Elisabeth Glaser
PART FIVE TRANSATLANTIC HISTORY AND AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
Transatlntic History as National Hitory? Thoughts on German Post-World War II Historiography	245	(20)
Peter Kruger
American Exceptionalism as National History?	265	(12)
Hans R. Guggisberg
The Historical World of Erich Angermann	277	(23)
Hermann Wellenreuther
Index	300