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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786681903321

Autore

Pauley Bruce F

Titolo

Pioneering History on Two Continents : An Autobiography / / Bruce F. Pauley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , 2014

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61234-698-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Disciplina

973.07202

B

Soggetti

Russian Germans - Nebraska

Pioneers - Nebraska

Russian Germans - History - 18th century

Historiography - Europe, Central - History - 20th century

Historiography - United States - History - 20th century

Historians - United States

Electronic books.

Europe, Central Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pauley family lineage -- Pioneers on the Russian frontier -- A new life on the Great Plains -- Education, travel, and the Great Depression -- War, peace, and prosperity -- The audacity of youth -- From Grinnell to Vienna and back -- The ordeal of graduate school -- Romance and marriage -- Seven months of bliss -- Three jobs in three years -- Publishing and perishing -- From the frying pan into the fire -- Hitler and the forgotten Nazis -- Assessing anti-semitism -- Hot on the trail of the Cold War -- Phasing out -- Reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

"Bruce F. Pauley draws on his family and personal history to tell a story that examines the lives of Volga Germans during the eighteenth century, the pioneering experiences of his family in late-nineteenth-



century Nebraska, and the dramatic transformations influencing the history profession during the second half of the twentieth century. An award-winning historian of antisemitism, Nazism, and totalitarianism, Pauley helped shape historical practice from the 1970s to the '90s both in the United States and Central Europe. Pioneering History on Two Continents provides an intimate look at the shifting approaches to the historian's craft during a volatile period of world history, with an emphasis on twentieth-century Central European political, social, and diplomatic developments. It also examines the greater sweep of history through the author's firsthand experiences as well as those of his ancestors, who participated in these global currents through their migration from Germany to the steppes of Russia to the Great Plains of the United States"--Provided by publisher.