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The first biography of Elizabeth Wiskemann - historian, journalist, intelligence agent - delving into her lives in 1920s Cambridge, Nazi-era Germany and Eastern Europe, and post-war European reconstruction in Italy and West Germany, as a female pioneer in the male-dominated spheres of journalism, government service, and academia.
Sommario
- Introduction
- 1: Becoming a Journalist: From Cambridge to Berlin
- 2: Czechoslovakia and the Nazi 'Drang nach Osten'
- 3: Secret Agent in Wartime Switzerland
- 4: 'Dear Mr. Dulles': A Special Relationship
- 5: Starting Over in Postwar Europe
- 6: The Academic Life and After
Info autore
Geoffrey Field taught at Purchase College, State University of New York, and Columbia University. His publications focus on German and British history, European racism, and labor history. He is a former Chair of the New York Council for the Humanities and a former senior editor of International Labor and Working-Class History. His book, Evangelist of Race: The Germanic Vision of Houston Stewart Chamberlain won the Anisfield-Wolf Prize (1982) for the best non-fiction book about race and race relations in any discipline. His book, Blood Sweat and Toil: Remaking the British Working Class 1939-1945 (OUP, 2011) was awarded the AHA's Morris D. Forkosch Prize for the best book on British, British Imperial, and Commonwealth History in 2012.
Riassunto
The first biography of Elizabeth Wiskemann - historian, journalist, intelligence agent - delving into her lives in 1920s Cambridge, Nazi-era Germany and Eastern Europe, and post-war European reconstruction in Italy and West Germany, as a female pioneer in the male-dominated spheres of journalism, government service, and academia.
Testo aggiuntivo
Geoffrey Field has presented a long overdue biography of one of the most astute and prolific transnational journalists, historians and "secret agents" of the 20th century. His book contains valuable additions to older studies as well as a variety of suggestions for new research.
