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GERMAN AMERICANA, 1800–1955 Publications of the German Historical Institute Series Editor: Christof Mauch German Historical Institute Deutsches Historisches Institut 1607 New Hampshire Ave., NW Washington, DC 20009-2562 Phone: (202) 387-3355 Fax: (202) 483-3430 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ghi-dc.org Library and Reading Room Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment Inquiries should be directed to the librarians. © German Historical Institute 2005 All rights reserved GERMAN AMERICANA, 1800–1955 A Comprehensive Bibliography of German, Austrian, and Swiss Books and Dissertations on the United States Christoph Strupp and Birgit Zischke, with the assistance of Kai Dreisbach German Historical Institute Washington, DC GERMAN HISTORICAL INSTITUTE,WASHINGTON,DC REFERENCE GUIDE NO.18 GERMAN AMERICANA, 1800–1955 ACOMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GERMAN,AUSTRIAN, AND SWISS BOOKS AND DISSERTATIONS ON THE UNITED STATES CHRISTOPH STRUPP AND BIRGIT ZISCHKE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF KAI DREISBACH Contents INTRODUCTION 1. Bibliographies of German Research on America ................................. 9 2. General Overviews—Handbooks .......................................................... 10 3. Geography ................................................................................................. 14 4. Nature—Vegetation—Wildlife ............................................................... 33 5. American Historiography ....................................................................... 39 6. History ....................................................................................................... 40 General Overviews—Handbooks .......................................................... 40 History 1607-1812 ..................................................................................... 47 History 1812-1914 ..................................................................................... 60 World War I .............................................................................................. 79 History 1917-1955 ..................................................................................... 86 History 1917-1933 ..................................................................................... 88 History 1933-1945 ..................................................................................... 95 World War II .......................................................................................... 102 History 1945-1955 ................................................................................... 106 7. Political System—Constitution ............................................................ 112 8. Labor—Unions—Socialism ................................................................... 129 9. Emigration to the United States .......................................................... 138 10. German Americans ................................................................................ 172 11. Travel Accounts ..................................................................................... 189 12. Language ................................................................................................. 230 13. Literature ................................................................................................. 238 General ..................................................................................................... 238 Authors—Works .................................................................................... 248 Reception of American Literature abroad—Foreign Literature in the U.S. ........................................................................................... 265 14. Economy .................................................................................................. 268 General ..................................................................................................... 268 Agriculture .............................................................................................. 285 Industry ................................................................................................... 312 Trade ........................................................................................................ 322 International Economic Relations ....................................................... 327 15. Financial System—Banks—Taxation .................................................. 339 16. Transportation ........................................................................................ 353 17. Natural Resources—Energy—Environment ...................................... 369 18. Law ........................................................................................................... 379 General—Civil Law ............................................................................... 379 Business Law .......................................................................................... 388 Penal Law—Penitentiary System ........................................................ 397 19. Society ...................................................................................................... 404 20. Women-Gender-Sexuality ..................................................................... 421 21. Ethnic Minorities .................................................................................... 423 Native Americans .................................................................................. 423 African Americans ................................................................................. 432 22. Churches—Religion ............................................................................... 435 23. Philosophy—Sociology—Anthropology ............................................ 444 General ..................................................................................................... 444 Authors—Works .................................................................................... 446 24. Pedagogy—Educational System .......................................................... 451 25. Art—Architecture ................................................................................... 462 26. Popular Culture—Media ...................................................................... 466 Music ........................................................................................................ 466 Film ........................................................................................................... 467 Press—Radio—Television ..................................................................... 468 Sports ....................................................................................................... 470 27. Medicine-Health Care ........................................................................... 472 28. Travel Guides ......................................................................................... 480 29. European Images of America .............................................................. 483 30. American Studies in Germany ............................................................ 485 31. Miscellaneous .......................................................................................... 486 Author Index ................................................................................................. 489 Subject Index ................................................................................................. 545 INTRODUCTION Few countries, if any, have held such fascination for Germans over the last two centuries as the United States of America. Famous quotes come to mind instantly. Goethe’s “Amerika, Du hast es besser...”isoneofthe earliest celebrations of the youth and freedom of the new country. Count- less other Germans followed Goethe over the next two centuries in prais- ing the opportunities in the “Land der unbegrenzten Mo¨glichkeiten.” But already in the Kaiserreich, this image was counterbalanced by sharp criti- cism of the lack of culture in America, and such criticism intensified during the 1920s and 1930s. German observers pointed to American ma- terialism and the hectic pace of everyday life. America became the am- bivalent symbol of “modernity,” admired and loathed at the same time. The darker sides of big cities such as New York and Chicago rivaled the vast open prairies and natural wonders in German perception. Ever since the inter-war years, the image of the United States in Germany has been conflicted and two-sided.1 The enemy in World War II became a close 1 The literature on various aspects of the image of the United States in Germany is vast. See after 1955 a. o. Eckhart G. Franz. Das Amerikabild der deutschen Revolution von 1848/49: Zum Problem der U¨ bertragung gewachsener Verfassungsformen, Beihefte zum Jahrbuch fu¨r Amerika- studien; 2. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1958; Ernst Fraenkel. Amerika im Spiegel des deutschen politischen Denkens: A¨ ußerungen deutscher Staatsma¨nner und Staatsdenker u¨ber Staat und Gesell- schaft in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Cologne; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verl., 1959; Peter Berg. Deutschland und Amerika 1918–1929: U¨ ber das deutsche Amerikabild der zwanziger Jahre, Historische Studien; 385. Lu¨beck: Matthiesen, 1963; Manfred Thaller. Studien zum europa¨ischen Amerikabild: Darstellung und Beurteilung der Politik und inneren Entwicklung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in Großbritannien, Deutschland und O¨ sterreich im Vergleich zwischen 1840 und 1941. Diss. Graz,