The burden of German history : a transatlantic life
"As one of the leading historians of the post-1956 generation and an internationally acclaimed scholar for the past five decades, Konrad H. Jarausch's autobiography presents a sustained academic reflection on the post-war German effort to cope with the guilt of the Holocaust amongst a gene...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York, NY : Berghahn,
2023
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Contemporary European history
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Contemporary European history |
| Schlagworte: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historians Electronic books Jarausch, Konrad Deutschland Judenvernichtung Vergangenheitsbewältigung Geschichtsschreibung Geschichte 1945-2021 |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | "As one of the leading historians of the post-1956 generation and an internationally acclaimed scholar for the past five decades, Konrad H. Jarausch's autobiography presents a sustained academic reflection on the post-war German effort to cope with the guilt of the Holocaust amongst a generation of historians too young to have been perpetrators. Ranging from his war-time childhood in a chaotic country, to Americanization as a foreign student, and concluding with his mentorship of PhDs as a respected international scholar, he weaves together a self-critical historiography of a twentieth-century Germany that was wrestling with the responsibility for war and genocide. This self-reflexive work explores a wide range of topics including the development of German historiography and methodological debates, the interdisciplinary teaching efforts in German studies, and the development of scholarly organizations and institutions"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781800739611 1800739613 9781800739604 1800739605 |