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Author Höhn, Maria, 1955-

Title GIs and Fräuleins : the German-American encounter in 1950s West Germany / by Maria Höhn
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 335 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents " ... And Then the Americans Came Again" -- Living with the New Neighbors -- When Jim Crow Came to the German Heimat -- Heimat in Turmoil -- Controlling the "Veronikas" and "Soldiers' Brides" -- Keeping America at Bay -- Punishing the "Veronikas" -- The Kaiserslautern Steinstrasse Affair -- Conclusion
Summary With the outbreak of the Korean War, the West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate became home to some of the largest American military installations outside the USA. This book explores the social, cultural and economic changes that resulted from this German-American encounter
Analysis Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-325) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Armed Forces
Economic history
Social conditions
Militär
Besatzungstruppe
US-Soldat
Frau
Amerikanen.
Bezettingen.
Cultuurcontact.
Seksuele betrekkingen.
Duitsers.
SUBJECT Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) -- Social conditions
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) -- Economic conditions
United States -- Armed Forces -- Germany -- Rhineland-Palatinate Region
Germany -- History -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001544
United States -- Armed Forces -- Germany -- Rhineland-Palatinate
Subject Germany
Germany -- Rhineland-Palatinate
United States
Rheinland-Pfalz
USA
Duitsland.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001058416
ISBN 0807860328
9780807860328
9780807827062
0807827061