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Author Werner, Anja, 1976- author

Title The transatlantic world of higher education : Americans at German universities, 1776-1914 / Anja Werner
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages) : illustrations
Series European studies in American history ; volume 4
European studies in American history ; v. 4.
Contents Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources and Quotations; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Movement and the History of Higher Education; Chapter 2 -- US Student Numbers at Göttingen, Halle, Heidelberg, and Leipzig; Chapter 3 -- The German University, Masculinity, and The Other -- Chapter 4 -- Choosing a University: The Case of Leipzig; Chapter 5 -- Transatlantic Academic Networking; Chapter 6 -- Networking Activities of Leipzig's American Colony; Chapter 7 -- Forging American Culture Abroad; Chapter 8 -- Returning Home; Conclusion; Appendix 1 -- Figures
Appendix 2 -- List of Leipzig Professors of Interest to US StudentsAppendix 3 -- List of Leipzig-American Dissertations; Bibliography; Index
Summary Between the 1760s and 1914, thousands of young Americans crossed the Atlantic to enroll in German-speaking universities, but what was it like to be an American in, for instance, Halle, Heidelberg, Göttingen, or Leipzig? In this book, the author combines a statistical approach with a biographical approach in order to reconstruct the history of these educational pilgrimages and to illustrate the interconnectedness of student migration with educational reforms on both sides of the Atlantic. This detailed account of academic networking in European educational centers highlights the importance o
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index
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Subject American students -- Germany -- History
American students -- Germany -- Social life and customs
Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Germany -- History
Universities and colleges -- Germany -- History
Education, Higher -- United States -- German influences.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
American students
Education, Higher -- German influences
Universities and colleges
Germany
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012032417
ISBN 9780857457837
0857457837
129977783X
9781299777835
0857457829
9780857457820