This volume commemorates the life and oeuvre of Willi Paul Adams. He belonged to a generation of German historians of the United States who shaped the profession in multifaceted ways. Kathleen Conzen, University of Chicago, writes in her commemorative essay: "Willi Paul Adams produced an impressive and varied body of scholarship in his chosen field of American history. He made a lasting contribution to our understanding of the basic principles and processes under which Americans established their first democratic constitutions, stimulated significant inquiry into the political consequences of...

." . . a fine volume . . . that is theoretically/methodologically challenging and impressively scholarly . . . What impresses . . . is the delicate balance between sophisticated interdisciplinary approaches to the problem of 'enemy images' and the abundance of fascinating case studies . . . The most important periods in American history are covered by and large." - Gunter Bischof, Eisenhower Center, University of New Orleans Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase, University of Tubingen and Lecturer in American History at the University of Cologne. Ursula Lehmkuhl, Assistant Professor for International...