Henry C. Meyer
Professor Emeritus, History
School of Humanities
School of Humanities
PH.D., Yale University, 1941
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University of California, Irvine
260 Murray Krieger Hall
Mail Code: 3275
Irvine, CA 92697
260 Murray Krieger Hall
Mail Code: 3275
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
German History, Modern Technology History
Academic Distinctions
Appointments
Research Abstract
Over the years, I have taught and written in German History since 1815, European History since 1848, 19th and 20th century European diplomatic history, and German-Slav relations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
I have been particularly interested in the roles of slogans and images in the perceptions of one nation by another and the degree to which their respective histories have been affected by these emotional and psychological phenomena. Film and the arts have always fascinated me as dimensions by which to see and understand changes in the histories of nations and societies.
Most recently I have focused on phenomena of political manipulation of technology, notably in the example of the great rigid airships in the societies of Germany, Great Britain, and America between 1919 and 1939.
I have been particularly interested in the roles of slogans and images in the perceptions of one nation by another and the degree to which their respective histories have been affected by these emotional and psychological phenomena. Film and the arts have always fascinated me as dimensions by which to see and understand changes in the histories of nations and societies.
Most recently I have focused on phenomena of political manipulation of technology, notably in the example of the great rigid airships in the societies of Germany, Great Britain, and America between 1919 and 1939.
Publications
Airshipmen, Businessmen, and Politics, 1890-1940. (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1991)
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Last updated
02/25/2002
02/25/2002