An edition of GIs and Fräuleins (2001)
GIs and Fräuleins
The German-American Encounter in 1950s West Germany
By Maria H÷hn
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Publish Date
December 6, 2001
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Language
eng
Pages
352
Description:
Hohn explores the encounter between Germans and the American troops stationed in the Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwest Germany, during the 1950s. Hohn shows that German anxieties over widespread Americanization were also debates about proper gender norms and racial boundaries, and that while the American military brought democracy with them to Germany, they also brought Jim Crow.