German and American Nationalism

Hartmut Lehmann, Max-Planck Institut fr Geschichte. Hermann Wellenreuther, Chair of Early Modern History, Georg-August-University, Gttingen

• Introduction, Hermann Wellenreuther; nationalism and civil rights, Ernst Benda. Part 1 The political nation - republicanism and monarchism as embodiments and fulfillments of the nation: Sessional papers - ideology and nationalism on the eve of the American Revolution, revisions once more in need of revising, T.H. Breen; monarchism as national ideology, Peter Burg; comment, James H. Hutson and Volker Depkat; discussion. Part 2 National symbols and representations of the nation in literature, architecture and the arts: Sessional papers - nationbuilding and nation-buildings, Washington art and architecture and the symbols of American nationalism, Dietmar Schirmer; culture as an expression of nationalist values in Germany, Rudigervom Bruch; comment, Sander Gilman and Ute Schneider; discussion. Part 3 The nation at war - defensive and offensive modes of national self-assertion: Sessional papers- the logic of colonial violence, Germany in Southwest Africa (1904-1907), the United States in the Philippines (1899-1902), Helmut Walser Smith; the nation at arms, concepts of nationalism and war in Germany, 1866-1914, Stig Forster; comment, Peter Loewenberg and Ralf Proeve; discussion. Part 4 National past and national future - the writing of national history: Sessional papers - the renaissance of the nation state and the historians, Wolfgang J. Mommsen; the redefinition of America in the 20th century, John Higham; comment, Peter Burke et al; discussion. Part 5 Political and social movements supporting and opposing nationalism: Sessional papers - nationalism and social protest in America, Anne Firor Scott; youth movements as national protest cultures in germany, Peter Brandt; ethnic American nationalism, Wilson J. Moses; comment, Thomas J. Curan and Norbert Finzsch; discussion.

'(This book) shows the diversity and richness of today's historical research on nationalism.'Nationalism & Ethnic Politics