Klautke, EF;
(2019)
The Urban Jungle: Americanism and the Jazz Age in Weimar Germany.
In: Verheul, J and Gillett, R and Hung, J, (eds.)
Constructing America - Defining Europe.
(pp. 1-24).
Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands.
(In press).
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Abstract
For a few years in the 1920s, the German public was absorbed by a heated debate about “Americanism” and “Americanization”. The controversy about these catchwords was a barely disguised discourse about the industrial, technological and cultural modernization of the Weimar Republic, and its consequences for society at large. Evoking the “Americanization” of Germany provided intellectuals with a medium to discuss the radical social changes they witnessed, and suggested ways of coping with the ‘crisis of classical modernity’ (Detlev Peukert). 1 The key term “Americanism” For a few years in the 1920s, the German public was absorbed by a heated debate about “Americanism” and “Americanization”. The controversy about these catchwords was a barely disguised discourse about the industrial, technological and cultural modernization of the Weimar Republic, and its consequences for society at large. Evoking the “Americanization” of Germany provided intellectuals with a medium to discuss the radical social changes they witnessed, and suggested ways of coping with the ‘crisis of classical modernity’ (Detlev Peukert). 1 The key term “Americanism”
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | The Urban Jungle: Americanism and the Jazz Age in Weimar Germany |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
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| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author pre-peer review manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067072 |
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| 2. |  United States | 25 |
| 3. |  Germany | 15 |
| 4. |  Australia | 5 |
| 5. |  China | 3 |
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