Comparative and Transnational History

Heinz-Gerhard Haupt is currently Professor of European History at the European University Institute. Previously, he was at the Universities of Bremen (1974–93), Halle (1993–98), and Bielefeld (1998–2004). He has been a Visiting Professor at the École des Hautes Études, Paris, University of Lyon II, and Columbia University and a Fellow at Princeton University. His publications in English include The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe 1780–1914: Enterprise, Family and Independence (with G.Crossick, Routledge, 1995) and Europe in 1848: Revolution and Reform (edited with D. Dowe, D. Langewiesche, J. Sperber, 2001).

“The volume makes available to English readers an important ongoing discussion centred in Germany but having clear connections with international developments in historiography.”  ·  European History Quarterly“The essay offers an excellent and nuanced discussion of comparative history’s fundamental assumptions and approaches, its strengths and weaknesses, its possibilities and limits…Scholars or students looking to refresh their understanding of the methods and challenges of comparative history and to learn how German historians discuss transnational approaches will find much to appreciate in this collection, which is particularly well suited to the needs of graduate seminars. If this book helps end the overblown and sometimes petty arguments over which method will reign supreme and helps us take advantage of the obvious benefits of each approach, Haupt and Kocka will have done us a great service.”  ·  Canadian Journal of History/Annalees canadiennes d’histoire

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Comparison and beyond: Traditions, scope and perspective of comparative historyJürgen Kocka and Heinz-Gerhard HauptPART I: COMPARATIVE AND ENTANGLED HISTORY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 1. The debate between comparison and transfers - and what now?Hartmut KaelbleChapter 2. A ‘Transnational’ History of Society: Continuity or New DepartureJürgen OsterhammelChapter 3. Double Marginalization: A plea for a transnational perspective on German historySebastian ConradChapter 4. Entangled histories of uneven modernities: Civil society, caste councils and legal pluralism in postcolonial IndiaShalini RanderiaChapter 5. Lost in translation? Transcending boundaries in comparative historyM. Juneja and M. PernauPART II: TRANSNATIONALIZATION AND ISSUES IN EUROPEAN HISTORYChapter 6. The Nation as a Developing Resource Community: A Generalizing ComparisonDieter LangewiescheChapter 7. Birds of a Feather: A Comparative History of German and U.S. Labour in the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesThomas WelskoppChapter 8. Common challenges, common solutions? Visions of the future during the 1960s. GDR, CSSR and the Federal Republic of Germany in comparative perspectiveJörg RequateChapter 9. Comparisons, Cultural Transfers and the Study of Networks: Towards a Transnational History of EuropePhilipp TherChapter 10. Germany and Africa in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: An Entangled History?Andreas EckertChapter 11. Losing National Identity or Gaining Transcultural Competence: Changing Approaches in Migration HistoryDirk HoerderNotes on ContributorsSelected BibliographyIndex