Synopses & Reviews
Bruce F. Pauley draws on his family and personal history to tell a story that examines the lives of Volga Germans during the eighteenth century, the pioneering experiences of his family in late nineteenth-century Nebraska, and the dramatic transformations that influenced the history profession during the second half of the twentieth century. An award-winning historian of anti-Semitism, Nazism, and totalitarianism Pauley helped shape historical interpretation from the 1970s to the and#8217;90s both in the United States and Central Europe.and#160;
Pioneering History on Two Continents provides an intimate look at the shifting approaches to the historianand#8217;s craft during a volatile period of world history, with an emphasis on twentieth-century Central European political, social, and diplomatic developments. It also examines the greater sweep of history through the authorand#8217;s firsthand experiences as well as those of his ancestors who participated in these global currents through their migration from Germany to the steppes of Russia to the Great Plains of the United States.
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and#8220;Bruce F. Pauley skillfully intertwines his familyand#8217;s experience of immigrating from Europe to the American Midwest with his own research on fascism and communism. The result is a captivating and truly transatlantic history of modern times.and#8221;and#8212;Gerald Steinacher, Rosenberg Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraskaand#8211;Lincoln and author of
Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justiceand#160;
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and#8220;Bruce F. Pauley writes with an accomplished historianand#8217;s eye for context and intergenerational change and has skillfully interwoven different narratives in his autobiography. This is great reading for people interested in immigrant heritage, coming of age in the Midwest in the 1950s, the transformative power of international education, Austria, or history as a profession.and#8221;and#8212;Lonnie R. Johnson, executive director of the Austrian-American Fulbright Commission in Vienna
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andquot;Pioneering History on Two Continents is as much an eye-opening portrayal of historyand#39;s tides as it is about one familyand#39;s determination to survive.andquot;andmdash;Midwest Book Review
About the Author
BRUCE F. PAULEY is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Central Florida. Among his books are Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century; From Prejudice to Persecution: A History of Austrian Anti-Semitism; and Hitler and the Forgotten Nazis: A History of Austrian National Socialism.