German history in global and transnational perspective

This is a collection of essays from three of the world's pre-eminent historians of Germany, which consider German history in global and transnational contexts.

It is well known that transnationalism has exploded in the last decade or so as a new academic subfield of international and global history.

What the transnationalism literature often ignores or downplays, however, is the role of the nation-state in making the transnational possible in the first place, as noted in its very etymological origins.

This volume traces this dynamic from a different vantage-point, namely the relationship between German history and transnationalism.