Lawrence Birches

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Lawrence Birken (born October 24, 1951 - April 20, 2003 ) was an American historian .

Life

Birken first studied at the University of Michigan , where he received his bachelor's degree, and then did his master's degree at the University of Connecticut . At Rutgers University he did his doctorate on the German farm worker families in the period from 1925 to 1939, particularly with reference to the influence of National Socialism .

Birken taught at a variety of universities - Monmouth College , Rutgers University, Hamilton College , Minnesota-Twin Cities University , New York University - until he eventually stayed at Ball State University for a long time . His specialty was European, especially German, intellectual history. Birken published numerous specialist articles on German history , Jewish history and the history of sexuality.

He died on April 20, 2003.

Works

  • Consuming Desire: Sexual Science and the Emergence of a Culture of Abundance 1871-1914 , 1989, Cornell University Press, ISBN 080142058X
  • German peasant family, 1925-1939: the problems of the republic and the impact of national socialism , 1990, dissertation
  • Hitler as Philosophe: Remnants of the Enlightenment in National Socialism , 1995, Praeger, ISBN 9780275950651
  • European History in World Context: A Comparative Approach , 1999, Forbes Custom, ISBN 0828113726
personal data
SURNAME Birken, Lawrence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1951
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2003