Crossing Boundaries: The Exclusion and Inclusion of Minorities in Germany and America

"Crossing Boundaries" – these two words serve not only as the leitmotiv around which the following collection of essays has been organized but also as a metaphor for the life and career of the person who inspired their composition: Georg G. Iggers, whose entire life has been one of crossing boundaries: geographical, racial, and professional. Just as Iggers has done his best as a historian to break down professional and disciplinary boundaries, this volume examines, from different angles, the ways in which Germany and the United States have dealt with the inclusion and exclusion of minorities. Comparing the respective fates of the Jews in Germany and the African-Americans in the United States, this collection offers new insight as to how and why the struggle for equality played out so differently in the two countries and in what ways the issues of migration, multi-ethnicity, discrimination, and integration have informed the historical discourse in the postmodern era.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction: "Crossing Boundaries" as Leitmotiv and Metaphor Larry Eugene Jones Keynote Address: The Expulsion of Jewish Professors and Students from the University of Berlin during the Third Reich Konrad H. Jarausch PART I: MIGRATION, ETHNICITY, AND MINORITIES IN PUBLIC POLICY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES Chapter 1. Immigration, Naturalization, and Ethno-national Traditions in Germany: From the Citizenship Law of 1913 to the Law of 1999 Klaus J. Bade Chapter 2. Migration and Public Policy in Germany, 1918–1939 Jochen Oltmer Chapter 3. Racism as Public Policy in America's Cities in the Twentieth Century Ronald H. Bayor PART II: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE EXPERIENCES OF JEWISH REFUGEES FROM GERMANY Chapter 4. Growing Up Jewish in the Nazi Era: School, Emigration, and War Werner T. Angress Chapter 5. William Stern (1871–1938): A World-View at Risk Supriya Mukherjee Chapter 6. Exclusions and Inclusions of a Cosmopolitan Philosopher: The Case of Ernst Cassirer Michael Hänel PART III: THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES Chapter 7. Selecting the "Better Elements": Jewish Students and the Admission of Women to German Universities, 1890–1914 Patricia Mazón Chapter 8. The Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith: Jews and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Imperial Germany Trude Maurer Chapter 9. Objectivity and Involvement: Georg G. Iggers and Writing the History of the Little Rock School Crisis Tony A. Freyer Chapter 10. Activists, Leaders, and Supporters: On the Role of Whites in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Manfred Berg PART IV: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON DIFFERENCE AND EQUALITY Chapter 11. Crossing Borders in American Civil Rights Historiography Tony A. Freyer Chapter 12. Objectivity and Involvement: Writing the History of German Historiography Georg G. Iggers Chapter 13. Reshaping the World: Historiography from a Universal Perspective Eckhardt Fuchs Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Larry Jones is Professor of History at Canisius College.