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"Ten essays, each with extensive citations, by prominent German and
US scholars consider significant themes in German history.A clearly
organized 'selected bibliography' adds to its importance for
students and scholars interested in this path breaking shift toward
a more balanced understanding of Germany's history. Highly
recommended." . Choice A wonderful compendium, perfect for
classroom use - and a terrific resource for scholars. The essays
provide valuable original perspectives on some of the most
significant controversies currently engaging historians of Germany,
as they also document just how profoundly careful attention to
questions of gender has infused and transformed many subfields in
German history - including the study of religion, political
protest, war, and colonialism. . Dagmar Herzog, Graduate Center,
City University of New York Authors take on the big themes and
debates of German history, providing unparalleled evidence --
including extensive footnotes and a bibliographical chapter -- that
gender has not only challenged mainstream ("malestream") German
history but has in many cases, indeed, rewritten it. This rich and
thought-provoking book is a "must" for scholars and students
concerned with historiographical debates, the transatlantic
dialogue among scholars, and issues of theory and methodology. It
will also attract a public interested in gender history and is
intrigued by the effects of gender more generally. . Marion Kaplan,
New York University This incisive collection of essays details the
impact of a focus on women and gender on historical writing on
modern Germany. Attuned to developments in the United States and
Germany, the essays carefully distinguish points of convergence and
divergence in approach and methodology between the two academic
cultures and provide a nuanced overview of the current state of the
field as well as desiderata for the future. Leading scholars
illuminate how gendered perspectives have revolutionized
understanding of the conventional stuff of history - such as
nation, politics, military, religion, and the state - while opening
up critical new avenues of analysis around citizenship, family,
sexuality, colonialism, minority relations, and memory. An
invaluable resource for students and scholars of German history and
gender studies alike. . Heide Fehrenbach, Northern Illinois
University Karen Hagemann is the James G. Kenan Distinguished
Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Her research focuses on modern German and European History
and Gender History, in particular the history of labor, welfare,
and education, the women's movements, and the nation, military, and
war. Jean H. Quataert is Professor of German History and Women's
Studies at Binghamton University, SUNY. Her research focuses on the
history of the labor movement, the history of nation and gender,
and most recently human rights history and global women's history
in 19th and 20th century."
Writing on the history of German women has - like women's history
elsewhere - undergone remarkable expansion and change since it
began in the late 1960s. Today Women's history still continues to
flourish alongside gender history but the focus of research has
increasingly shifted from women to gender. This shift has made it
possible to make men and masculinity objects of historical research
too. After more than thirty years of research, it is time for a
critical stocktaking of the "gendering" of the historiography on
nineteenth and twentieth century Germany. To provide a critical
overview in a comparative German-American perspective is the main
aim of this volume, which brings together leading experts from both
sides of the Atlantic. They discuss in their essays the state of
historiography and reflect on problems of theory and methodology.
Through compelling case studies, focusing on the nation and
nationalism, military and war, colonialism, politics and protest,
class and citizenship, religion, Jewish and non-Jewish Germans, the
Holocaust, the body and sexuality and the family, this volume
demonstrates the extraordinary power of the gender perspective to
challenge existing interpretations and rewrite mainstream
arguments.
Examining the convergence of socialism and feminism in the German
labor movement around the turn of the century, Jean Quataert probes
the competing identities and loyalties of class and sex and the
problems their adherents faced in reconciling the two. By focusing
on the women's movement in particular, she expands our
understanding of the German Social Democratic subculture and shows
that socialist feminism was far more important than has been
recognized heretofore. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
Examining the convergence of socialism and feminism in the German
labor movement around the turn of the century, Jean Quataert probes
the competing identities and loyalties of class and sex and the
problems their adherents faced in reconciling the two. By focusing
on the women's movement in particular, she expands our
understanding of the German Social Democratic subculture and shows
that socialist feminism was far more important than has been
recognized heretofore. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
"Staging Philanthropy "is a history of women's philanthropic
associations during Germany's "long" nineteenth century. Challenged
by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic occupation and war,
dynastic groups in Germany made community welfare and its defense
part of newly-gendered social obligations, sponsoring a network of
state women's associations, philanthropic institutions, and nursing
orders which were eventually coordinated by the German Red Cross.
These patriotic groups helped fashion an official nationalism that
defended conservative power and authority in the new
nation-state.
An original and truly multi-disciplinary work, "Staging
Philanthropy" uses archival research to reconstruct the neglected
history of women's philanthropic organizations during the 'long'
nineteenth century. Borrowing from cultural anthropologists, Jean
Quataert explores how meaning is created in the theater of
politics. Linking gender with nationalism and war with
humanitarianism, Quataert weaves her analysis together with themes
of German historiography and the wider context of European
history.
"Staging Philanthropy" will interest readers in German history,
women's history, politics and anthropology, as well as those whose
interest is in medicalization and the German Red Cross. This book
situates itself in the middle of a string of debates pertaining to
modern German history and, thus, should also appeal to readers from
the general educated public.
Jean Quataert is Professor of History and Women's Studies,
Binghamton University. She has previously published a number of
books, including "Connecting Spheres: European Women in a
Globalizing World, 1500 to the Present" with Marilyn J. Boxer
(Oxford, 1999).
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