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Pain and Prosperity

Reconsidering Twentieth-Century German History

By: Paul Betts,Greg Eghigian

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Pain and Prosperity

Reconsidering Twentieth-Century German History

By: Paul Betts,Greg Eghigian

The turn of the millennium has stimulated much scholarly reflection on the historical significance of the twentieth century as a whole. Explaining the century’s dual legacy of progress and prosperity on one hand, and of world war, genocide, and mass destruction on the other, has become a key task for academics and policymakers alike. Not surprisingly, Germany holds a prominent position in the discussion. What does it mean for a society to be so closely identified with both inflicting and withstanding enormous suffering, as well as with promoting and enjoying unprecedented affluence? What did Germany’s experiences of misery and abundance, fear and security, destruction and reconstruction, trauma and rehabilitation have to do with one another? How has Germany been imagined and experienced as a country uniquely stamped by pain and prosperity? The contributors to this book engage these questions by reconsidering Germany’s recent past according to the themes of pain and prosperity, focusing on such topics as welfare policy, urban history, childbirth, medicine, racism, political ideology, consumerism, and nostalgia.

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Stanford University Press

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0804739382

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The Corrigible and the Incorrigible

Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany

By: Greg Eghigian

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The Corrigible and the Incorrigible

Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany

By: Greg Eghigian

Explores how the social sciences and clinical medicine contributed to the understanding and treatment of offenders in three disparate political regimes

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University of Michigan Press

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0472119656

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9780472119653

Making Security Social

Disability, Insurance, and the Birth of the Social Entitlement State in Germany

By: Greg Eghigian

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Making Security Social

Disability, Insurance, and the Birth of the Social Entitlement State in Germany

By: Greg Eghigian

While welfare has been subject to pronounced criticism throughout the twentieth century, social insurance has consistently enjoyed the overwhelming support of European policy makers and citizens. This volume argues that the emergence of social insurance represents a paradigmatic shift in modern understandings of health, work, political participation, and government. By institutionalizing compensation, social insurance transformed it into a right that the employed population quickly came to assume. Theoretically informed and based on intensive archival research on disability insurance records, most of which have never been used by historians, the book considers how social science and political philosophy combined to give shape to the idea of a "social" insurance in the nineteenth century; the process by which social insurance gave birth to modern notions of "disability" and "rehabilitation"; and the early-twentieth-century development of political action groups for the disabled. Most earlier histories of German social insurance have been legislative histories that stressed the system's coercive features and functions. Making Security Social, by contrast, emphasizes the administrative practices of everyday life, the experience of consumers, and the ability of workers not only to resist, but to transform, social insurance bureaucracy and political debate. It thus demonstrates that social insurance was pivotal in establishing a general attitude of demand, claim, and entitlement as the primary link between the modern state and those it governed. In addition to historians of Germany, Making Security Social will attract researchers across disciplines who are concerned with public policy, disability studies, and public health. Greg Eghigian is Associate Professor of History, Penn State University.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472122231

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9780472122233

After the Flying Saucers Came

A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

By: Greg (Professor of History and Bioethics Eghigian, Professor of History and Bioethics Pennsylvania State University),Professor of History and Bioethics Greg Eghigian

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After the Flying Saucers Came

A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

By: Greg (Professor of History and Bioethics Eghigian, Professor of History and Bioethics Pennsylvania State University),Professor of History and Bioethics Greg Eghigian

After the Flying Saucers Came is a comprehensive account of the stories, the people, and the strange events that went into making the fascination with UFOs and aliens a worldwide phenomenon among believers, skeptics, and the simply curious. It traces how an odd sighting of "flying saucers" by an American pilot in 1947 inspired governments, the media, scientists, writers, and the general public to consider the possibility that extraterrestrials were visiting earth.

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Oxford University Press

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0190869879

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After the Flying Saucers Came

A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

By: Greg (Professor of History and Bioethics Eghigian, Professor of History and Bioethics Pennsylvania State University),Professor of History and Bioethics Greg Eghigian

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After the Flying Saucers Came

A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

By: Greg (Professor of History and Bioethics Eghigian, Professor of History and Bioethics Pennsylvania State University),Professor of History and Bioethics Greg Eghigian

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Oxford University Press

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Cold War on the Home Front

The Soft Power of Midcentury Design

By: Greg Castillo

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Cold War on the Home Front

The Soft Power of Midcentury Design

By: Greg Castillo

Greg Castillo presents an illustrated history of the persuasive impact of model homes, appliances, and furniture in Cold War propaganda.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816646910

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Making Security Social

Disability, Insurance, and the Birth of the Social Entitlement State in Germany

By: Greg Eghigian

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Disability, Insurance, and the Birth of the Social Entitlement State in Germany

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University of Michigan Press

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The Corrigible and the Incorrigible

Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany

By: Greg Eghigian

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Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth-Century Germany

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Explores how the social sciences and clinical medicine contributed to the understanding and treatment of offenders in three disparate political regimes

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Pain and Prosperity

Pain and Prosperity

The Corrigible and the Incorrigible

The Corrigible and the Incorrigible

Making Security Social

Making Security Social

After the Flying Saucers Came

After the Flying Saucers Came

After the Flying Saucers Came

After the Flying Saucers Came

Cold War on the Home Front

Cold War on the Home Front

Making Security Social

Making Security Social

The Corrigible and the Incorrigible

The Corrigible and the Incorrigible

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