America and the Shaping of German Society, 1945-1955

Michael Ermath Professor of History,Dartmouth College

• The limits of democracy - US policy and German labour, 1945-49, C. Eisenberg; political re-orientation and democratization at the grassroots, H. Woller; democratization efforts of the US High Commission, T. Schwartz; German "vergangenheitshewaltigung" and "de-Nazification" from the American perspective, N. Frei; resisting the pax americana - the debate among West Germany's industrial elite, V. Berghahn; the americanization of daily life? early trends in leisure and consumption, A. Sywottek; the German talks back - German responses to "americanism" and "americanization", M. Ermarth.

' ... a valuable read for advanced graduate students and professors interested in the history of this critical period.'History