Author: Günter H. Lenz File Type: pdf Starting in 2005, Gunter H. Lenz began preparing a book-length exploration of the transformation of the field of American Studies in the crucial years between 1970 and 1990. As a commentator on, contributor to, and participant in the intellectual and institutional changes in his field, Lenz was well situated to offer a comprehensive and balanced interpretation of that seminal era. Building on essays he wrote while these changes were ongoing, he shows how the revolution in theory, the emergence of postmodern socioeconomic conditions, the increasing globalization of everyday life, and postcolonial responses to continuing and new forms of colonial domination had transformed American Studies as a discipline focused on the distinctive qualities of the United States to a field encompassing the many different Americas in the Western Hemisphere as well as how this complex region influenced and was interpreted by the rest of the world. In tracking the shift of American Studies from its exceptionalist bias to its unmanageable global responsibilities, Lenz shows the crucial roles played by the 1930s Left in the U.S., the Frankfurt School in Germany and elsewhere between 1930 and 1960, Continental post-structuralism, neo-Marxism, and post-colonialism. Lenzs friends and colleagues, now his editors, present here his final backward glance at a critical period in American Studies and the birth of the Transnational. Hardcover is un-jacketed. **

Author: Mary Sparks File Type: pdf The Development of Austro-Hungarian Sarajevo, 1878-1918 charts the urban history of Sarajevo in this period within the context of other modernising central-European cities. It gives detailed consideration to elements of change and continuity in the development of the urban fabric, as well as the economic, social and cultural life of the city. The book also explores how far changes were the work of the occupying Austro-Hungarian administration and the influx of immigrants from elsewhere, and suggests that the local elites from all confessions took an active role in the redevelopment of their city, building an integrated Sarajevan version of urban modernity at a middle-class level. Case studies of particular buildings and their owners, and maps illustrating the chronological development of the city during the period, are used throughout the book to highlight aspects of the aforementioned themes. The built environment forms a major source of evidence, together with material from a range of other sources, including census records, directories, newspapers, government documents, planning records and postcards. These sources are also used to augment observations and arguments put forward in this important study for all students and scholars of modern Central and Eastern Europe. **Review Mary Sparks fascinating study plots this multifaceted westward development, the legacy of four decades of Austro-Hungarian administration that transformed the Bosnian capital ... This inspiring study serves as both a work of industrious scholarship - which will appeal to researchers from many disciplines - and as a splendid guide to a substantial portion of the modern centre. -- Richard Mills, University of East Anglia, UK * European History Quarterly * Basing her work on a sophisticated use of diverse archives and a variety of published sources, Sparks presents a convincing narrative of a small, provincial, Ottoman city being transformed by outside forces (the Austrian authorities) and made into the center of a modernizing Bosnian economy ... Well-chosen illustrations, maps, and tables enhance the text. Summing Up Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -- T. R. Weeks, Southern Illinois University * CHOICE * About the Author Mary Sparks is an independent scholar with a PhD in history from the Open University, UK.