German Studies in the United States

Name: German Studies in the United States
Brand: Modern Language Association of America
SKU: 9780873529891
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A Historical Handbook

Autor: Peter Uwe Hohendahl

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In the United States, German studies traces its beginnings to the late nineteenth century, when rese...

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Autor

Peter Uwe Hohendahl

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engleză

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Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2003

Pagini

576

EAN

9780873529891

ISBN

0873529898

Enbook ID

11561226

Editura

Modern Language Association of America

Greutate

753

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 38

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In the United States, German studies traces its beginnings to the late nineteenth century, when research universities were founded on the German model. The dominance of German as a foreign language before World War I and the decline in enrollments during that war are salient points in the discipline’s social history. Today German studies finds itself at a crossroads, facing unexpected change in the structure of higher education and in the cultural and economic support for studying language and literature. Instead of taking a narrative or chronological approach, this volume foregrounds multiple, heterogeneous aspects of German as a discipline. They include:The composition of the professoriatEmployment patternsThe place of women the dramatic effects of World Wars I and II, and of the Soviet Sputnik success, on enrollments, jobs, and budgetsThe support—and indifference—of the large (once 4 million people) German American communityThe role of research universities, leading scholars, major books in the field the role of professional organizations, conferences, and journalsThe Americanization of German studiesThe role of Jewish scholars and of the HolocaustThe fact of there having been two GermanysGerman Studies in the United States is an important contribution to the history of higher education in this country.

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