American Foundations and the Coproduction of World Order in the Twentieth Century

Contributions by Volker Berghahn Contributions by Madeleine Herren-Oesch Contributions by Tim B. Müller Contributions by Kiran Klaus Patel Contributions by Nicole Sackley Contributions by Giles Scott-Smith Contributions by Ludovic Tournès Contributions by Paul Weindling Contributions by Jens Michael Wegener Contributions by John Krige Contributions by Helke Rausch Edited by John Krige Edited by Helke Rausch

Book cover: American Foundations and the Coproduction of World Order in the Twentieth Century

Extent: 300 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: American Studies, Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 2012)

ISBN: 9783525310434

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $87.00

Out of stock

This volume with articles in English and German shows the course of US philanthropy in Europe in the time between the world wars and following World War II; it demonstrates how Europe became the setting for continually new versions of the postwar political and scientific landscape. German text.


English summary: This volume studies the links between politics and science during the 20th century, based on the example of the large US foundations. If the 20th century can be regarded in many ways as the American Century, then the large US foundations such as Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford played a major role in this development. And yet they weren’t simply stooges for official US power politics. The circumstances surrounding their actions were much more complicated and made great demands of the philanthropy of the day. This volume with articles in English and German shows the course of US philanthropy in Europe in the time between the world wars and following World War II; it demonstrates how Europe became the setting for continually new versions of the postwar political and scientific landscape. German text.

  • Contributions by Volker Berghahn
  • Contributions by Madeleine Herren-Oesch
  • Contributions by Tim B. Müller
  • Contributions by Kiran Klaus Patel
  • Contributions by Nicole Sackley
  • Contributions by Giles Scott-Smith
  • Contributions by Ludovic Tournès
  • Contributions by Paul Weindling
  • Contributions by Jens Michael Wegener
  • Contributions by John Krige
  • Contributions by Helke Rausch
  • Edited by John Krige
  • Edited by Helke Rausch