Matthew D. Mingus - Remapping Modern Germany After National Socialism, 1945-1961

Matthew D. Mingus is assistant professor of history at the University of New Mexico at Gallup. He loves living in New Mexico and spending time with his wife, Lindsey, their son, Isaac, and their dogs, Dixie and Oakley. When Professor Mingus is not busy teaching, he brews beer, plays board games, and hikes.

Acknowledgments

This book would have been an impossible project without the very generous support of several institutions and individuals. My editors at Syracuse University Press, Alison Shay and Kelly Balenske, helped push the manuscript forward, answered all of my (many) questions, and made the revisions process a generally pleasant experience. Don Mitchell and the other series advisers for the press as well as two anonymous peer reviewers offered invaluable criticism that made this work stronger and, I think, more convincing. Annie Barva did an incredibly thorough job of copyediting this book. I am grateful for her extraordinary patience. The University of Florida, the University of New Mexico at Gallup, the Georg Eckert Institute, the Leibniz-Institut fr Lnderkunde, and the American Geographical Society Library provided financial support. The staff and faculty of these institutionsand of every library, archive, and society cited throughout this manuscriptwork tirelessly to make their material accessible to the public (and, by extension, to me). In our contemporary political climate, mired in a myopic and fanatical obsession with the excesses of big government, I hope that this book speaks to the value of the librarians, faculty, bureaucrats, historians, and archivists charged with maintaining and preserving our historical commons.

Intellectually, I owe this project to my mentors, teachers, and colleagues. Peter Bergmann, Alice Freifeld, and Sheryl Kroen guided and influenced every page. My friend and adviser Geoffrey Giles carefully and brilliantly helped me craft a jumbled mess of ideas into what I hope is now a fair reflection of his effectiveness as both a scholar and a teacher. Geoffrey Martin continually encouraged my research and provided me with advice and lively conversation. My fellow faculty at the University of New Mexico at Gallup have been instrumental in keeping me sane while I tackled this book alongside a seemingly inhuman fifteen-credit-hour teaching load each semester: Stephen Buggie, Bruce Gjeltema, Ken Roberts, Jim Sayers, Kristian Simcox, Kristi Wilson, and John Zimmerman supported me in my teaching, in my research, and in friendship. Carolyn Kuchera, in particular, donated her time and energy to reading and commenting on various parts of this manuscript. Raymond Calderon, Kyle Chancellor, Whitney Conroy, my brother, Aaron Mingus, Richard Reyes (who I hope enjoys all the serial commas!), and Lane and Toni Towery provided many necessary, off-campus distractions. They all have helped make Gallup, New Mexico, my home.

Of course, my source of greatest support has been my family. My in-laws, Tom and Kelly Smith, and my parents, Marty and Becky Mingus, never seemed to doubt that this book would become a reality. I am most indebted, though, to my best friend and partner, Lindsey Smith-Mingus. She supported me through graduate school, moved multiple times for my career, tolerated my extensive research travel, and continues to listen patiently to my occasional wild ranting. She is a phenomenal teacher and the worlds best mother, and she has a fantastic laugh. I have never loved anyone more. It is to her and to our new son, Isaac, that I dedicate this book.

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Archives

American Association of Geographers, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

American Geographical Society Library, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, Germany.

Leibniz-Institut fr Lnderkunde, Archiv fr Geographie, Leipzig, Germany.

Martin, Geoffrey. Personal archive, New Haven, CT.

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.

National Archives of the United Kingdom, London.

University of Florida Library and Archive, Gainesville.

University of Nebraska Library and Archive, Lincoln.

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