Beschreibung
The study uses the border concept in order to analyze the bi-national encounter resulting from the American military presence in Germany. By presenting the geographical, legal, political, economic and cultural contexts of this German-American borderland, the author shows similarities and differences to conventional international border situations.
Autorenportrait
Jörg Zorbach studied American Studies, Sociology, and Social Anthropology at the Universities of Mainz (Germany) and Canterbury (United Kingdom).
Inhalt
Contents: American military presence in Germany – German-American relations – Rhineland-Palatinate – Kaiserslautern Military Community – German-American bi-national contact space – Border region – Border concept – Borderland theory – Little America – Enclave model – Space and place – Asymmetry of time.
