Historians across Borders: Writing American History in a Global Age

Contents

Contents Preface: Location and History ix Nicolas Barreyre, Michael Heale, Stephen Tuck, and Cécile Vidal Acknowledgments xix part one. historiography 1. Watersheds in Time and Place: Writing American History in Europe 3 Michael Heale, Sylvia Hilton, Halina Parafianowicz, Paul Schor, and Maurizio Vaudagna part two. structures and context 2. Using the American Past for the Present: European Historians and the Relevance of Writing American History 37 Tibor Frank, Martin Klimke, and Stephen Tuck 3. Institutions, Careers, and the Many Paths of U.S. History in Europe 56 Max Edling, Vincent Michelot, Jörg Nagler, Sandra Scanlon, and Irmina Wawrzyczek vi | Contents 4. Straddling Intellectual Worlds: Positionality and the Writing of American History 75 Nicolas Barreyre, Manfred Berg, and Simon Middleton part three. internationalization(s) of u.s. history 5. Writing American History from Europe: The Elusive Substance of the Comparative Approach 95 Susanna Delfino and Marcus Gräser 6. American Foreign Relations in European Perspectives: Geopolitics and the Writing of History 118 Hans Krabbendam, Pauline Peretz, Mario Del Pero, and Helle Porsdam 7. Location and the Conceptualization of Historical Frameworks: Early American History and Its Multiple Reconfigurations in the United States and in Europe 141 Trevor Burnard and Cécile Vidal part four. perspectives from elsewhere 8. Positionality, Ambidexterity, and Global Frames 165 Thomas Bender 9. Reflections from Russia 174 Ivan Kurilla 10. Doing U.S. History in Australia: A Comparative Perspective 181 Ian Tyrrell 11. Viewing American History from Japan: The Potential of Comparison 189 Natsuki Aruga Contents | vii 12. Not Quite at Home: Writing American History in Denmark 198 David E. Nye 13. American History in the Shadow of Empire: A Plea for Marginality 206 François Furstenberg Notes 215 Selected Bibliography 291 List of Contributors 295 Index 299 This page intentionally left blank ...