GIs and fräuleins [[electronic resource] ] : the German-American encounter in 1950s West Germany / / by Maria Höhn

• Autore: Höhn Maria <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.0943/43
• Soggetto geografico: Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Social conditions; Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Economic conditions; United States Armed Forces Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Region; Germany History 1945-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-325) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With 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
• Titolo autorizzato: GIs and fräuleins
• ISBN: 979-88-908678-1-0; 0-8078-6032-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782832403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II