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Uniform Title Friedrich Meinecke. English.
Title German refugee historians and Friedrich Meinecke : letters and documents, 1910-1977 / [introduced and edited] by Gerhard A. Ritter ; translated by Alex Skinner
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 554 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in Central European histories ; v. 49
Studies in Central European histories ; v. 49.
Contents Introduction: Friedrich Meinecke and his émigré students -- Meinecke as historian and political contemporary -- Meinecke as academic teacher -- Meinecke's émigré students -- Hans Rothfels -- Dietrich Gerhard -- Gerhard Masur -- Hajo Holborn -- Felix Gilbert -- Hans Baron -- Helene Wieruszowski -- Hans Rosenberg -- Hedwig Hintze -- Eckart Kehr -- Hanns Günther Reissner -- Gustav Mayer -- Meinecke, his émigré students and relations between the discipline of history in Germany and the United States -- Documents -- List of documents -- Hans Rothfels -- Dietrich Gerhard -- Gerhard Masur -- Hajo Holborn -- Felix Gilbert -- Hans Baron -- Helene Wieruszowski -- Hans Rosenberg -- Hedwig Hintze -- Eckart Kehr -- Hanns Günther Reissner -- Gustav Maye
Summary The book deals with the relationship between Friedrich Meinecke, who is often considered to be the leading German historian of the first half of the twentieth century, and several of his students who, after the Nazi seizure of power, were forced to emigrate because of their Jewish descent or their political views. The letters published here to Meinecke from Hans Rothfels, Dietrich Gerhard, Hajo Holborn, Felix Gilbert, Hans Rosenberg, and others show these scholars' deep respect for their old teacher, but also their growing distance from his historical interests and methods. In a period of stru
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-547) and index
Notes Translated from the German
Print version record
Subject Meinecke, Friedrich, 1862-1954 -- Relations with students
Meinecke, Friedrich, 1862-1954 -- Correspondence
Meinecke, Friedrich, 1862-1954 -- Archives
SUBJECT Meinecke, Friedrich, 1862-1954 fast
Subject Historians -- Germany -- Correspondence
Historians -- Germany -- Archives
History teachers -- Germany -- Correspondence
Historians -- United States -- Correspondence
Historians -- United States -- Archives
Historiography -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Historiography -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
HISTORY -- Historiography.
Historians
Historiography
History teachers
Germany
United States
Genre/Form personal correspondence.
Archives
History
Personal correspondence
Sources
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.
Form Electronic book
Author Meinecke, Friedrich, 1862-1954.
Ritter, Gerhard Albert.
ISBN 9789004184053
9004184058
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9781282952607