02718nam 22005534a 450 991045453110332120200520144314.00-8078-6032-8(CKB)1000000000746918(EBL)427135(OCoLC)476268589(SSID)ssj0000163025(PQKBManifestationID)11924422(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163025(PQKBWorkID)10106637(PQKB)11161262(MiAaPQ)EBC427135(Au-PeEL)EBL427135(CaPaEBR)ebr10026298(EXLCZ)99100000000074691820011217d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGIs and Fräuleins[electronic resource] the German-American encounter in 1950s West Germany /by Maria HöhnChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20021 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-2706-1 0-8078-5375-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-325) and index.Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. ""...And Then the Americans Came Again""; 2. Living with the New Neighbors; 3. When Jim Crow Came to the German Heimat; 4. Heimat in Turmoil; 5. Controlling the ""Veronikas"" and ""Soldiers' Brides""; 6. Keeping America at Bay; 7. Punishing the ""Veronikas""; 8. The Kaiserslautern Steinstrasse Affair; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWith the outbreak of the Korean War, the poor, rural West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate became home to some of the largest American military installations outside the United States. In GI's and Frauleins, Maria Hohn offers a rich social history of this German-American encounter and provides new insights into how West Germans negotiated their transition from National Socialism to a consumer democracy during the 1950's. Focusing on the conservative reaction to the American military presence, Hohn shows that Germany's Christian Democrats, though eager to be alliedRhineland-Palatinate (Germany)Social conditionsRhineland-Palatinate (Germany)Economic conditionsUnited StatesArmed ForcesGermanyRhineland-Palatinate RegionGermanyHistory1945-Electronic books.306/.0943/43Höhn Maria1955-979273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454531103321GIs and Fräuleins2232401UNINA