ISBN:
0807860328
,
9780807860328
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 335 p.)
,
ill., map.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version GIs and Fräuleins
DDC:
306.094343
Keywords:
Militär
;
Besatzungstruppe
;
US-Soldat
;
Amerikanen
;
Bezettingen
;
Cultuurcontact
;
Seksuele betrekkingen
;
Duitsers
;
Sociology & Social History
;
Social Sciences
;
Social Conditions
;
Frau
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Armed Forces
;
Economic history
;
Social conditions
;
History
;
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Social conditions
;
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Economic conditions
;
United States Armed Forces
;
Germany
;
Rhineland-Palatinate Region
;
Germany History
;
1945-
;
Germany
;
Germany
;
Rhineland-Palatinate
;
United States
;
United States Armed Forces
;
Germany History 1945-
;
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Economic conditions
;
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Social conditions
;
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Social conditions
;
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) Economic conditions
;
United States Armed Forces
;
Germany History 1945-
;
Germany
;
Duitsland
;
Germany ; Rhineland-Palatinate
;
United States
;
USA
;
Rheinland-Pfalz
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-325) and index. - Description based on print version record
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