Relationships/Beziehungsgeschichten. Austria and the United States in the Twentieth Century
Title | Relationships/Beziehungsgeschichten. Austria and the United States in the Twentieth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Günter Bischof |
Publisher | StudienVerlag |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 2014-04-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3706557274 |
After the breakup of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian-American relationship was characterized by a dwarf confronting a giant. America continued to be a heaven for a better life for many Austrian emigrants. For the growing American preponderant position in the world after World War I, the small Austrian Republic was insignificant. And yet there were times when Austria mattered geopolitically. During the post-World War II occupation of Austria, the U.S. helped reconstruct Austria economically and was the biggest champion of its independence. During the Cold War, the U.S. frequently used Austria as a mediator site of summit meetings. American mass production models, consumerism, and popular culture were adopted by Austrian youth. Americanization and American preponderance also produced anti-Americanism. With the end of the Cold War and Austria's accession to the European Union it once again lost significance for Washington's geopolitics.
Austria and America: 20th-Century Cross-Cultural Encounters
Title | Austria and America: 20th-Century Cross-Cultural Encounters PDF eBook |
Author | Joshua Parker |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | 178 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Austria |
ISBN | 3643908121 |
Through literature, film, diplomatic relations, and academic exchanges, this volume examines key historical points in Austrian-American relations of the past century, pondering the roots of how and why "austrianness" was adapted to American culture, and how America's cultural lens focused on the two countries' exchanges. From Freud's early reception, to FDR's policy toward Austrian refugees in the Pacific, and from film adaptations to film-writing, literature and Freudianism during the McCarthy era, it reviews encounters between Austria and the United States, between Austrians and Americans, between each's images of the other, and the lives of those caught in between. (Series: American Studies in Austria, Vol. 15) [Subject: Politics, American Studies, Austrian Studies, Sociology]
The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title | The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 816 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
Washington Conference on Holocaust-era Assets, November 30-December 3, 1998
Title | Washington Conference on Holocaust-era Assets, November 30-December 3, 1998 PDF eBook |
Author | J. D. Bindenagel |
Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | 1168 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Zukunftsfonds der Republik Österreich
Title | Zukunftsfonds der Republik Österreich PDF eBook |
Author | Günter Bischof |
Publisher | Böhlau Verlag Wien |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 2015-11-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3205202597 |
Im Dezember 2005 wurde der Zukunftsfonds der Republik Österreich per Bundesgesetz mit einem Etat von 20 Millionen Euro errichtet. In den zehn Jahren seines Bestehens förderte der ÖZF rund 1.370 Projekte, die sich vor allem auch der Erforschung totalitärer Systeme im 20. Jahrhundert widmen. Mit dem expliziten Ziel des „Niemals wieder!“ avancierte der Zukunftsfonds zu einer nationalen Institution, deren zentrale Aufgabe in der Förderung einer nachhaltigen und zukunftsorientierten Erinnerungskultur sowie des demokratiepolitischen und menschenrechtlichen Engagements liegt. Das Buch präsentiert die wichtigsten Etappen der Entstehung und Tätigkeit des Zukunftsfonds. Neben einer Dokumentation seiner Wirkungsweisen analysiert es die Bedeutung des ÖZF für Forschung und Gesellschaft. Auf der Grundlage von Interviews kommen Persönlichkeiten zu Wort, die an der Entwicklung des Zukunftsfonds maßgeblich beteiligt waren. Exemplarisch dargestellte Projekte und deren vollständige Liste geben einen Einblick in die Vielfalt seiner Fördertätigkeit.
Rethinking the Age of Emancipation
Title | Rethinking the Age of Emancipation PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Baumeister |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | 386 |
Release | 2020-03-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1789206332 |
Since the end of the nineteenth century, traditional historiography has emphasized the similarities between Italy and Germany as “late nations”, including the parallel roles of “great men” such as Bismarck and Cavour. Rethinking the Age of Emancipation aims at a critical reassessment of the development of these two “late” nations from a new and transnational perspective. Essays by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars examine the discursive relationships among nationalism, war, and emancipation as well as the ambiguous roles of historical protagonists with competing national, political, and religious loyalties.
Historical Abstracts
Title | Historical Abstracts PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 396 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History, Modern |
ISBN |