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OverviewBetween the 1760s and 1914, thousands of young Americans crossed the Atlantic to enroll in German-speaking universities, but what was it like to be an American in, for instance, Halle, Heidelberg, Goettingen, or Leipzig? In this book, the author combines a statistical approach with a biographical approach in order to reconstruct the history of these educational pilgrimages and to illustrate the interconnectedness of student migration with educational reforms on both sides of the Atlantic. This detailed account of academic networking in European educational centers highlights the importance of travel for academic and cultural transformations in nineteenth-century America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anja WernerPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Edition: Annotated edition Volume: 4 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.630kg ISBN: 9780857457820ISBN 10: 0857457829 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 01 March 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Sources and Quotations Introduction Chapter 1. Movement and the History of Higher Education Educational Dynamics Five Phases of Educational Reform and Student Migration, 1760s-1914 Transatlantic Dynamics: Linking War and Education in America and Europe Regional Dynamics: The South in the History of US Higher Education Disciplinary Dynamics: Revisiting the Ideal of German Science Summary Chapter 2. US Student Numbers at Goettingen, Halle, Heidelberg, and Leipzig The Challenges of Numbers Revisiting Existing Scholarship Different Student Statuses US Student Numbers Abroad I: Statistical Overview US Student Numbers Abroad II: Developments over Time Comparison: Total Student Numbers US Students' Backgrounds: Regional Origins and Socio-Economic Backgrounds Religion Age Summary Chapter 3. The German University, Masculinity, and The Other White Men vs. the Other? Matriculation Procedures for White Able-Bodied American Men African American Men Gay American Men White US Women Blind and Deaf Americans Summary Chapter 4. Choosing a University: The Case of Leipzig The Appeal of Innovation Interdisciplinary Collaborations at Leipzig Antiquated Leipzig up to 1830 On the Eve of Greatness: The Mid-Nineteenth Century Leipzig's Sudden Heyday Leipzig's Decline since the Late 1890s Summary Chapter 5. Transatlantic Academic Networking The Idea of German-American Networks in Science and Scholarship US Students' Faculty Choices at Halle and Leipzig Transatlantic Routes of Study Patterns in Transatlantic Mentor-Disciple Relationships Women's Roles in Academic Networks Case Study: Wilhelm Wundt and his American Disciples Summary Chapter 6. Networking Activitiesof Leipzig's American Colony Formal and Informal Networking The American Students Club The American Church A Central Leipzig-American Networker: Caspar Rene Gregory Hospitable Families, the Knauths, and US Consuls Family and Friends Housing Matters Summary Chapter 7. Forging American Culture Abroad Approaching a Foreign Culture The Guide Book Language Considerations Impressions of German Student Life Reflecting German Student Culture in Activities of the American Students Club Little America in Leipzig Summary Chapter 8. Returning Home The German Venture and the Transformation of US Higher Education Shifting the Scientific-Scholarly Focus to North America Scouting Young Academic Talent in Europe Women's Colleges as a Career Boost The Ph.D. Degree Material Improvements I: Libraries and Books Material Improvements II: Laboratories, Apparatuses, and Journals Summary Conclusion Appendix I: Tables Appendix II: List of Leipzig Professors of Interest to US Students Appendix III: List of Leipzig-American Dissertations BibliographyReviewsAnja Werner's excellent and well written study, complemented by appendices... and names and subject index, offers a central step toward an understanding of the German history of science and its growing international character throughout the 19th century. Of essential importance seems to be the author's interest in networks, which clearly goes beyond a classic history of a European contribution to American culture or that sees scientific transfer as a process of a complete move without modification and reflection. * Neues Archiv fur sachsische Geschichte Academic networking is the prominent theme in this book. Werner provides valuable insights in the form of both statistical data and biographical information and considers a broad range of topics such as gender diversity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, economic factors, and even military history... an important contribution to the research of American student life in Germany in terms of personal educational experiences. * Amerikastudien / American Studies Regardless of Werner's predominant focus on Leipzig, she is to be lauded for the sheer volume and sophistication of her research. In the detailed stories of American life in Germany alone, this study builds upon existing literature, and will be valuable to all who study the transatlantic world in the nineteenth century. * German Studies Review ...an important, much-needed, and very welcome study of a significant aspect of nineteenth-century German and American history that is frequently mentioned in the existing literature, yet rarely actually examined. * American Historical Review Werner effectively utilizes a wide range of primary documents, including university records, previously untapped student lists, travel journals, and correspondences by students, professors, and diplomats... [Her book] should be a must read for advanced historiography students but will also be of interest to any historian of transatlantic ethnic studies or the American education system. * Yearbook of German American Studies Academia always benefits from international cooperation. [This volume] delves into the international relationship between America and Europe. Discussing the long period between the establishment of the United States and the start of World War I, Anja Werner compiles a fascinating study of the countless Americans who traveled to Germany to embark on the journey of learning, and what this level of travel can teach people about the world and this worldly education's applications. Scholarly and insightful to this old school way of learning that still lives on, The Transatlantic World of Higher Education is a scholarly addition to history collections focusing on academia and education. * Library Bookwatch The book makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on the history of higher education and revises and corrects many over-simplifications in earlier scholarship. * John B. Boles, Rice University Werner provides finally, through an extraordinary rich effort with great sophistication and archival mastery, a description of the long discussed yet never fully documented attraction that German universities had for the number of Americans seeking research methodological expertise, modern research in the sciences (especially chemistry), or advanced study leading to an earned, research-based doctoral degree, which began at the University of Berlin in 1810 and then elsewhere thereafter in the German lands. * Lester F. Goodchild, University of Massachusetts Boston, Distinguished Professor of International and Comparative Education The book makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on the history of higher education and revises and corrects many over-simplifications in earlier scholarship. * John B. Boles, Rice University Becker provides finally, through an extraordinary rich effort with great sophistication and archival mastery, a description of the long discussed yet never fully documented attraction that German universities had for the number of Americans seeking research methodological expertise, modern research in the sciences (especially chemistry), or advanced study leading to an earned, research-based doctoral degree, which began at the University of Berlin in 1810 and then elsewhere thereafter in the German lands. * Lester F. Goodchild, Santa Clara University Author InformationAnja Werner studied at the University of Leipzig, the Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III, and Harvard University. From 2006 until 2009 she was affiliated with Vanderbilt University, where she coordinated the international Alexander von Humboldt in English project, whose annotated, new English translation of the Political Essay on the Island of Cuba was published in 2011. Her latest projects include a multiauthor volume on Black intellectual history in global contexts and research on the Deaf Atlantic World at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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