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Berghahn Books Conflict Catastrophe and Continuity Essays on Modern German History 2007 Edition by Frank Biess, Mark Roseman, Hanna Schissler
Bringing together some of the most prominent contemporary historians of modern Germany alongside innovative newcomers to the field, this volume offers new perspectives on key debates surrounding Germany's descent into, and emergence from, the Nazi catastrophe. It explores the intersections between society, economy, and international policy, with a particular interest in the relations between elites and the wider society, and provides new insights into the complex continuities and discontinuities of modern German history. This volume offers a rich selection of essays that contribute to our understanding of the road to war, Nazism, and the Holocaust, as well as Germany's transformation after 1945. Table of contents :- PrefaceIntroductionFrank Biess and Mark RosemanPART I: GERMAN ELITES AND AN UNRULY SOCIETYChapter 1. Kulturkampf and Geschlechterkampf: Anti-Catholicism, Catholic Women, and Public SpaceMichael B. GrossChapter 2. The 1923 Ruhr Crisis: The Limits of Active ResistanceConan FischerChapter 3. Political Violence, Gesinnung, and the Courts in Late Weimar BerlinPamela E. SwettPART II: GERMAN SOCIETY AND A VIOLENT REGIMEChapter 4. Beyond Conviction? Perpetrators, Ideas and Action in the Holocaust in Historiographical PerspectiveMark RosemanChapter 5. The Dissolution of the Third ReichHans MommsenChapter 6. The Search for Missing Soldiers: MIAs, POWs, and Ordinary Germans, 1943-45Frank BiessPART III: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN GERMANY'S FOREIGN RELATIONSChapter 7. The Kaiser and His English Relations RevisitedJohn C. G. RoehlChapter 8. Appeasement and Counter-Appeasement: Nazi-Soviet Collaboration 1939-1941Hartmut Pogge von StrandmannChapter 9. Imperialism as a Paradigm for Modern German HistoryUta PoigerChapter 10. Americanization as a Paradigm of German HistoryMary NolanPART IV: SMOOTH SURFACES, MURKY DEPTHS: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLICChapter 11. The Radicalization that Never Was? Refugees in the German Federal RepublicIan ConnorChapter 12. Germany's Special Path? Economic Sciences and Politics in the Federal Republic, 1945-1970Alexander NutzenadelChapter 13. Catholic Elites, Gender, and Unintended Consequences in the 1950s: Toward a Reinterpretation of the Role of Conservatives in the Federal RepublicMark Edward RuffChapter 14. Memory, Morality, and the Sexual Liberalization of West GermanyDagmar HerzogChapter 15. The Modern Guild: Rotary Clubs and Bourgeois Renewal in the Aftermath of National SocialismS. Jonathan WiesenChapter 16. Fighting to Win the Peace: 08/15 and West German Memories of the Second World WarRobert G. MoellerChapter 17. Rehabilitating Fatherland: Race and German RemasculinizationHeide FehrenbachChapter 18. Epilogue: Zeitgenossenschaft: Some Reflections on Doing Contemporary German HistoryHanna SchisslerSelected ReadingsContributorsIndex