In recent years, historians across the world have become increasingly interested in transnational and global approaches to the past. However, the debates surrounding this new border-crossing movement have remained limited in scope as theoretical exchanges on the tasks, responsib…
Sachsenmaier examines both the transnational dynamics and networks of global history through case studies on China, Germany and the United States. By extending these local and global connections and integrating approaches to the subject, he demonstrates how historians can enrich…
PART I: FRAMEWORK Introduction Structure and Policy: A Framework for Analysis A Guide for Analysis PART II: ANALYSIS Britain and Germany at the End of the Cold War From the End of Bipolarity to the Petersberg Declaration (1990-92) From Petersberg to Amsterdam (1992-97) From Amst…
The Nazi burning of the books in 1933 was one of the most infamous political spectacles of the twentieth century. In Berlin and all over Germany, Nazi officials and students organized elaborate parades and bonfires to mark their embrace of Hitler's new government. Book burning h…
Introduction : violence and generations through the German dictatorships -- Violence abroad : generations and the legacies of imperialism -- Uncomfortable compatriots : societal violence and the crises of Weimar -- Divided generations : state violence and the formation of 'two w…
Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns.
Examines ways in which Germans of different generations lived through the violent eruptions and rapid regime changes of the 20th century, revealing striking generational patterns.
