Different Restorations: Reconstruction and "Wiederaufbau" in Germany and the United States, 1865, 1945, and 1989 - Vol. 3

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface viii
• Introduction Reconstruction and "Wiederaufbau" in German and American Perspective - Some Remarks on the Comparison of Singular Developments, "Sonderweg," and Exceptionalism 1
• Part 1 - General Problems of Reconstruction and the Feasibility of Comparative History 25
• 1 - A Critical View of "Stunde Null" in Comparative Historical Perspective 1865, 1945, 1990 27
• 2 - Multiple Restorations and the Solid South Continuities and Discontinuities in Germany after 1945 and the American South after 1865 48
• 3.1 - Remarks on Herf and Harris 87
• 3.2 - "Was beibt? Was fehlt?" 93
• 3.3 - Discussion 104
• Part 2 - The Social and Economic History of Transition Race, Class, and Gender 123
• 4 - Agricultural Changes Following the American Civil War and in the German Democratic Republic Following Reunification 125
• 5 the Reconstruction of White Southern Manhood Sonya Michel 140
• 6.1 - The Transformation of Identity in Comparative Perspective 165
• 6.2 - Comments on Michel and Skorsetz 174
• 6.3 - Discussion 183

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface viii
• Introduction Reconstruction and "Wiederaufbau" in German and American Perspective - Some Remarks on the Comparison of Singular Developments, "Sonderweg," and Exceptionalism 1
• Part 1 - General Problems of Reconstruction and the Feasibility of Comparative History 25
• 1 - A Critical View of "Stunde Null" in Comparative Historical Perspective 1865, 1945, 1990 27
• 2 - Multiple Restorations and the Solid South Continuities and Discontinuities in Germany after 1945 and the American South after 1865 48
• 3.1 - Remarks on Herf and Harris 87
• 3.2 - "Was beibt? Was fehlt?" 93
• 3.3 - Discussion 104
• Part 2 - The Social and Economic History of Transition Race, Class, and Gender 123
• 4 - Agricultural Changes Following the American Civil War and in the German Democratic Republic Following Reunification 125
• 5 the Reconstruction of White Southern Manhood Sonya Michel 140
• 6.1 - The Transformation of Identity in Comparative Perspective 165
• 6.2 - Comments on Michel and Skorsetz 174
• 6.3 - Discussion 183
• Part 3 - War Criminals, Denazification, and the Treatment of Communist Party Leaders 191
• 7 - War Criminals, Denazification, and the Treatment of SED Functionaries A Comparative Approach to Make Some Distinctions 193
• 8 - The Limits of Victory Lessons from American Reconstruction for German Reconstruction and Reunification 202
• 9.1 - Revisioning Reconstructions 230
• 9.2 - Comment to Kurt Düwell 237
• Part 4 Political Parties in a Period of Transition - Republicans, Redeemers, and the Creation of Democratic Parties after 1945 and 1989 253
• 10 - Political Upheaval and Party Discourse during German Unification, 1989-1990 255
• 11 - Parties in Transition Republicans, Democrats, and Independents 276
• 12.1 The Major Political Parties in the Federal Republic of Germany Why is Party Political Democracy under Attack? 294
• 12.2 - Discussion 303
• Part 5 - National Identity, Sectionalism, and Regionalism The Lost Cause, The Red Shirt, "Wessis" and "Ossis" 313
• 14 - American Reconstruction and German Reunification The Limits of Comparative History 352
• 15.1 - The Culture of Defeat in Reconstruction Societies 373
• 15.2 - Comments on Prince and Helbich 382
• 15.3 - Discussion 389
• Notes on Contributors 401
• Select Bibliography 403
• Index 416