The United States and Germany During the Twentieth Century: Competition and Convergence

by Edited by Christof Mauch , Kiran Klaus Patel

• ISBN13: 9780521145619
• ISBN10: 0521145619
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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 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.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Modernities: Competition versus Convergence	p. 1
Empires: Might and Myopia	p. 13
Religion: Belief and Power	p. 32
Law: Constitutionalism and Culture	p. 52
Welfare: Entitlement and Exclusion	p. 70
Immigration: Myth versus Struggles	p. 85
Masses: Mobilization versus Manipulation	p. 102
Market: Consumption and Commerce	p. 121
Authority: Schools and Military	p. 144
Gender: Equality and Differences	p. 161
Environment: Conservation versus Exploitation	p. 180
Film and Television	p. 194
Education: Universities and Research	p. 211
Media: Government versus Market	p. 227
Index	p. 245
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