This book focuses on the 20th century lives of men and women whose life-work and life experiences transgressed and surpassed the national boundaries that existed or emerged in the 20th century. The chapters explore how these life-stories add innovative transnational perspectives to the entangled histories of the world wars, decolonization, the Cold War and post-colonialism.

The subjects vary from artists, intellectuals, and politicians to ordinary citizens, each with their own unique set of e...

Geen wandelaar kan het over het hoofd zien: het grote gebouw van gewapend beton aan het Haagse Lange Voorhout, de Amerikaanse ambassade, die in 2017 zal verhuizen. Wat speelde zich achter die strenge façade af? Wat deed de ambassade tijdens de Koude Oorlog en hoe ging men om met de vele demonstraties tegen de Verenigde Staten vanaf de jaren zestig? Vijftien hoofdstukken van verschillende auteurs tekenen de rijke historie op van het Haagse zenuwcentrum van de Amerikaans-Nederlandse betrekking...

There is still a gap in how the period after 1989-1991 is conceptualised. The proposed book's challenging designation of the 'transatlantic era' as the motif for 1989-2020 enables the reader to think differently about the period we have been living through. The separation of the 1989-2020 period into three clearly marked-out decades works well for structuring the book, providing a clear overview and supportive base for the book's principal argument.

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