GIs and Fräuleins : the German-American encounter in 1950s West Germany /
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.
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2002.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- " ... 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.