Joshua Parker Libri

The collection features thirty-five authors contributing seventy-nine poems and prose pieces that explore the profound impact of the twentieth century's greatest refugee crisis. With English translations alongside the original German text, the work delves into themes of asylum, statelessness, and the historical and contemporary responses to displacement. It draws parallels between the experiences in the United States and Austria, offering a poignant reflection on current geopolitical issues, making it relevant for today's readers.

While the end of the US's civil war marked a boom in US tourism in Europe, Austria's own civil war in 1934 both curtailed American tourism in Austria and marked a small, but important, wave of Austrian emigration to the US. The essays in this volume explore the ways Austrian-born immigrants in those years defined their own identities as American citizens; how they interpreted, performed, and profited from "American" modernity at home; and how their work - as immigrating authors, film makers, and musicians - impacted mainstream culture in the US, illuminating often overlooked connections, not only between Austria and America, but also between Austrians and Americans. ( American Studies in Austria - Vol. 14) [ Social History, U.S. Studies, Austrian Studies, Migration Studies]