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"The New Deal: A Global History provides a radically new interpretation of a pivotal period in US history. The first comprehensive study of the New Deal in a global context, the book compares American responses to the international crisis of capitalism and democracy during the 1930s to responses by other countries around the globe--not just in Europe but also in Latin America, Asia, and other parts of the world. Work creation, agricultural intervention, state planning, immigration policy, the role of mass media, forms of political leadership, and new ways of ruling America's colonies--all had parallels elsewhere and unfolded against a backdrop of intense global debates. By avoiding the distortions of American exceptionalism, Kiran Klaus Patel shows how America's reaction to the Great Depression connected it to the wider world. Among much else, the book explains why the New Deal had enormous repercussions on China; why Franklin D. Roosevelt studied the welfare schemes of Nazi Germany; and why the New Dealers were fascinated by cooperatives in Sweden--but ignored similar schemes in Japan. Ultimately, Patel argues, the New Deal provided the institutional scaffolding for the construction of American global hegemony in the postwar era, making this history essential for understanding both the New Deal and Americas rise to global leadership."--Publisher website

The New Deal: A Global History provides a radically new interpretation of a pivotal period in US history. The first comprehensive study of the New Deal in a global context, the book compares American responses to the international crisis of capitalism and democracy during the 1930s to responses by other countries around the globe—not just in Europe but also in Latin America, Asia, and other parts of the world. Work creation, agricultural intervention, state planning, immigration policy, the role of mass media, forms of political leadership, and new ways of ruling America's colonies—all had parallels elsewhere and unfolded against a backdrop of intense global debates.By avoiding the distortions of American exceptionalism, Kiran Klaus Patel shows how America's reaction to the Great Depression connected it to the wider world. Among much else, the book explains why the New Deal had enormous repercussions on China; why Franklin D. Roosevelt studied the welfare schemes of Nazi Germany; and why the New Dealers were fascinated by cooperatives in Sweden—but ignored similar schemes in Japan.Ultimately, Patel argues, the New Deal provided the institutional scaffolding for the construction of American global hegemony in the postwar era, making this history essential for understanding both the New Deal and America's rise to global leadership

Europeanisation is mostly associated with new forms of European governance and rarely encompasses wider processes of societal and economic change, or of identity formation. This book provides a richer analysis of Europeanisation by taking stock of European cultural policies, with a focus on European Capitals of Culture (ECOC).

Seit wann gibt es in Deutschland das ganze Jahr über frisches Obst? Wie konnten einige Tonnen niederländischer Eier Anfang der 1960er Jahre die Hallstein-Doktrin als einem zentralen Pfeiler westdeutscher Außenpolitik zum Wanken bringen? Und wieso sieht man auf US-amerikanischen Straßen so wenige in Europa oder Japan hergestellte Lastwagen? All diese Fragen stehen im Kontext der Einigung des Agrarsektors unter den Vorzeichen der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (EWG) seit den 1950er Jahren. Kiran Klaus Patel untersucht erstmals die Rolle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bei der Entstehung der.

Die Gemeinsame Landwirtschaftspolitik war über mehrere Jahrzehnte nicht nur das strittigste, aufwendigste und kostspieligste Projekt im vereinten Europa, sondern auch Motor für weiteren Zusammenschluss. Zugleich produzierte sie aber auch neue Konflikte und Trennlinien. (APuZ)