Explores what happened when Germans from three different empires were forced to live together in Poland after the First World War.
Publications of the German Historical Institute Series
This series offers in-depth scholarly research stemming from collaboration between German and American historians. It delves into the intricate political, social, economic, and cultural histories of both nations. Special attention is given to transatlantic migration and the history of international relations, highlighting the pivotal roles played by Germany and the United States.
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German merchants in the nineteenth-century Atlantic
- 295 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Studies the ties between America and Bremen in the nineteenth century, illuminating the role of merchant capital in making an industrial-capitalist world economy.
One of the largest twentieth century summit meetings, the Genoa Conference of 1922, was also a notable failure, due to the gulf between the Allies and Germany, between the West and Soviet Russia, and among the World War I victors and their small allies. This book, a unique international collaboration, presents various perspectives on the Genoa Conference: its leadership, goals, and outcome. The authors present new findings on such questions as the sensational Rapallo Treaty between Germany and Russia; the strategy of the small neutral powers; and the policy of the United States toward European debts. Readers will find contrasting as well as complementary views in this volume.
This volume analyzes both the successes and failures of the East German economy. The contributors consider the economic history of East Germany within its broader political, cultural and social contexts, and trace the present and future of the East German economy, suggesting possible outcomes.
German immigrants, race, and citizenship in the Civil War era
- 278 pages
- 10 hours of reading
This study reframes Civil War-era history, arguing that the Franco-Prussian War contributed to a dramatic pivot in Northern commitment to African-American rights.
Forced Migration and Scientific Change
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Examines the impact on the scienctific world of the forced exodus of Jewish intellectuals from Nazi Germany.
GIs in Germany
- 378 pages
- 14 hours of reading
These fifteen essays offer a comprehensive look at the role of American military forces in Germany since World War Two.