German Refugee Historians and Friedrich Meinecke
Letters and Documents, 1910-1977
Biographical note
Gerhard A. Ritter, emeritus professor of Modern History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. His most recent books deal with the social history of Germany, the comparative history of the welfare state, the reunification of Germany in 1989/90, and problems of historiography.
Readership
All who are interested in German and American historiography, the history of Germany's Jews, problems of emigration and remigration, and the rebuilding of German intellectual life after 1945.
Reviews
There is little to criticize in this edition, which is meticulously annotated, and makes entirely fascinating reading....will surely become a very important edition for anyone interested in exile historiographies and the transatlantic interplay between North American and West German historiographies after 1945 in particular.
Stefan Berger, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 84, No. 2, The Jew in the Modern European Imaginary (June 2012), 517-519
Stefan Berger, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 84, No. 2, The Jew in the Modern European Imaginary (June 2012), 517-519
Table of contents
Foreword
Introduction: Friedrich Meinecke and his émigré students
I. Meinecke as historian and political contemporary
II. Meinecke as academic teacher
III. Meinecke’s émigré students
1. Hans Rothfels
2. Dietrich Gerhard
3. Gerhard Masur
4. Hajo Holborn
5. Felix Gilbert
6. Hans Baron
7. Helene Wieruszowski
8. Hans Rosenberg
9. Hedwig Hintze
10. Eckart Kehr
11. Hanns Günther Reissner
12. Gustav Mayer
IV. Meinecke, his émigré students and relations between the discipline of history in Germany and the United States
Documents
List of documents
I. Hans Rothfels
II. Dietrich Gerhard
III. Gerhard Masur
IV. Hajo Holborn
V. Felix Gilbert
VI. Hans Baron
VII. Helene Wieruszowski
VIII. Hans Rosenberg
IX. Hedwig Hintze
X. Eckart Kehr
XI. Hanns Günther Reissner
XII. Gustav Mayer
Illustrations
Sources and bibliography
Index of names
Introduction: Friedrich Meinecke and his émigré students
I. Meinecke as historian and political contemporary
II. Meinecke as academic teacher
III. Meinecke’s émigré students
1. Hans Rothfels
2. Dietrich Gerhard
3. Gerhard Masur
4. Hajo Holborn
5. Felix Gilbert
6. Hans Baron
7. Helene Wieruszowski
8. Hans Rosenberg
9. Hedwig Hintze
10. Eckart Kehr
11. Hanns Günther Reissner
12. Gustav Mayer
IV. Meinecke, his émigré students and relations between the discipline of history in Germany and the United States
Documents
List of documents
I. Hans Rothfels
II. Dietrich Gerhard
III. Gerhard Masur
IV. Hajo Holborn
V. Felix Gilbert
VI. Hans Baron
VII. Helene Wieruszowski
VIII. Hans Rosenberg
IX. Hedwig Hintze
X. Eckart Kehr
XI. Hanns Günther Reissner
XII. Gustav Mayer
Illustrations
Sources and bibliography
Index of names
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