LEADER 02718nam 22005534a 450 001 9910454531103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-6032-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000746918 035 $a(EBL)427135 035 $a(OCoLC)476268589 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000163025 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924422 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163025 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10106637 035 $a(PQKB)11161262 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC427135 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL427135 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10026298 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000746918 100 $a20011217d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGIs and Fra?uleins$b[electronic resource] $ethe German-American encounter in 1950s West Germany /$fby Maria Ho?hn 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-2706-1 311 $a0-8078-5375-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-325) and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments; 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; Index 330 $aWith 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 allied 607 $aRhineland-Palatinate (Germany)$xSocial conditions 607 $aRhineland-Palatinate (Germany)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$zGermany$zRhineland-Palatinate Region 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1945- 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a306/.0943/43 700 $aHo?hn$b Maria$f1955-$0979273 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454531103321 996 $aGIs and Fra?uleins$92232401 997 $aUNINA