Emotions in American History: An International Assessment

Published by Berghahn Books 2010

Emotions in American History

An International Assessment

Edited by: Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht

Volume 3 in the series European Studies in American History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845458195

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About this book

The study of emotions has attracted anew the interest of scholars in various disciplines, igniting a lively public debate on the constructive and destructive power of emotions in society as well as within each of us. Most of the contributors to this volume do not hail from the United States but look at the nation from abroad. They explore the role of emotions in history and ask how that exploration changes what we know about national and international history, and in turn how that affects the methodological study of history. In particular they focus on emotions in American history between the 18th century and the present: in war, in social and political discourse, as well as in art and the media. In addition to case studies, the volume includes a review of their fields by senior scholars, who offer new insights regarding future research projects.

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Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht is Professor of History at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction EMOTIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY The View from Europe Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS
Chapter 1 EMOTIONS HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES Goals, Methods, and Promise Peter N. Stearns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2 EMOTIONS AT WORK Potential and Perspectives of the History of Everyday Life Alf Lüdtke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
EMOTIONS AND WAR
Chapter 3 THE CORRUPTION OF CIVIC VIRTUE BY EMOTION Anti-Imperialist Fears in the Debate on the Philippine-American War (1899–1902) Fabian Hilfrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 4 THE MOBILIZATION OF EMOTIONS Propaganda and Social Violence on the American Home Front during World War I Jörg Nagler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Chapter 5 HANOI JANE, VIETNAM MEMORY, AND EMOTIONS Andreas Etges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
EMOTIONS, ART, AND THE MEDIA
Chapter 6 “STOP THEM DAMNED PICTURES” Political Cartoons, the Study of Emotions, and the Construction of the Anglo-American Relationship Stefanie Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter 7 EMOTIONS OF COMPARISONS Perceptions of European Anti-Americanism in US Magazines of the 1920s Adelheid von Saldern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 8 EMOTIONS AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN ART Bettina Friedl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
EMOTIONS AND SOCIETY
Chapter 9 A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE? Public Executions and the Emotional Spectator in the New Republic Jürgen Martschukat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Chapter 10 EMOTIONS, AMERICAN SOCIETY, AND DISCOURSES ON SEXUALITY Michael Hochgeschwender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Chapter 11 DOES EVERY VOTE COUNT IN AMERICA? Emotions, Elections, and the Quest for Black Political Empowerment Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
THE VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE: EMOTIONS AND PSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 12 THE FORTUNES OF EMOTION IN THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY AND IN THE HISTORY OF EMOTIONS Horst U. K. Gundlach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 302
Keywords: History (General); Cultural Studies (General)

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Published: April 1, 2010
ISBN: 9781845458195