Modern Germany in Transatlantic Perspective

Michael Meng is an Associate Professor of History at Clemson University. He is the author of Shattered Spaces: Encountering Jewish Ruins in Postwar Germany and Poland.

• TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: From Ruination to Renewal: Konrad Jarausch’s EuropeMichael Meng and Adam SeippPART I: THEORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY QUESTIONSChapter 1. History and Theory: Writing Modern European Histories after the Linguistic TurnThomas Pegelow KaplanChapter 2. Paths Forward: In Defense of the History of DisciplinesLaurence HareChapter 3. Contextualizing the Holocaust: Modernization, Modernity, Colonialism, and GenocideChristopher R. BrowningPART II: MEMORY, PROFESSIONALIZATION, AND PROFESSIONSChapter 4. Gender and Academic Culture: Women in the Historical Profession in Germany and the United States Since 1945Karen Hagemann and Sarah SummersChapter 5. Forms, Strategies, and Narratives of Professionalization in Western and Eastern Europe: Autonomous Profession versus Heteronomous Professional Service Class?Hannes SiegristChapter 6. A Myth of Unity: German Unification as a Challenge in Contemporary HistoryMartin SabrowTranslated by Jane RaffertyPART III: NARRATIVES OF GERMAN HISTORYChapter 7. A “Shattered” Religious Past: Rethinking the Master Narratives of Twentieth-Century German ChristianityBenjamin Pearson and Michael E. O’SullivanChapter 8. Central, Not Subsidiary: Migration as a Master Narrative in Modern German HistorySarah Thomsen VierraChapter 9. Protest and Participation: The Transformation of Democratic Praxis in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1968 – 1983Stephen MilderPART IV: FAMILY HISTORIESChapter 10. Die Bratus: Sketch for a Minor German HistoryMichael GeyerChapter 11. On Losing One’s Children Twice: An Intimate VergangenheitsbewältigungElizabeth HeinemanIndex

“Michael Meng and Adam Seipp’s ambitious edited volume brings together an almost excessive variety of fascinating essays…This this wonderful but unconventional volume… is an impressive and worthwhile read, both for its exciting component parts that tackle different issues and for its overarching grappling with modern German history.” • Central European History“The studies in this volume are a testament to the depth and breadth of Konrad Jarausch’s contributions to the field. Their quality and diversity provide an excellent window into the field of contemporary German and European history, as well as the history of the Holocaust, over the past three or four decades.” • Eric Kurlander, Stetson University