Andrew Denning
Biographic Data
| ID | 1195625 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Denning |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Denning |
| SIGNATURE | DENNING A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-3592-9505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An Unformed Map
The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History
This article considers the role of periodization in global history through the lens of the inter-war era. The global turn has shifted the 'metageographies' of historical practice, focusing historians' attention on the flows, mobilities and networks that connected peoples and places across the globe. Often left uninterrogated, however, are the 'metatemporalities' that structure historical inquiry, resulting in the perpetuation of Eurocentric defin…
The Interwar World
Unscrambling Africa
This article examines how German technocrats created revisionist plans to “unscramble” Africa in the 1930s. In particular, it studies how their schemes emerged from the transnational Eurafrican movement in the interwar period. The mixture of technical expertise and imperial ideologies in Eurafrican planning made Eurafricanism remarkably elastic in political terms, connecting liberal democratic and fascist states in the interwar era. Bureaucrats a…
Deep Play? Video Games and the Historical Imaginary
Video games earned $43.8 billion in revenue in 2018, and many of the most popular and enduring games in recent years are set in historical environments. They are a form of popular art that sheds light on the mentalité of our era. As this article argues, the act of participating in history in virtual forums frames the public's view of history. This article examines how recent video games focused on the Nazis shape public understanding of the Third…
Mobilizing Empire
The Citroën Central Africa Expedition of 1924-25 has long attracted the attention of scholars, but most study the mediation and consumption of the journey in French mass culture. This article shifts the focus to the conceptualization, justification, and logistical planning of the Central Africa Expedition to trace the development of a close partnership between the private automobile manufacturer and various sectors of the French state. The Centra…
M ichael H au . Performance Anxiety
Perhaps the central question historians ask of Nazi Germany is the following: How did ordinary Germans become Nazis? Or, if they did not become full converts, how did some Germans acquiesce to their “New Order,” and what combination of carrots and sticks did the Nazi party use to secure this acquiescence? Michael Hau’s Performance Anxiety: Sport and Work in Germany from the Empire to Nazism offers a counterintuitive and compelling answer to this …
Infrastructural Propaganda
Life Is Movement, Movement Is Life!” Mobility Politics and the Circulatory State in Nazi Germany
Historians have long understood rootedness as a hallmark of the Nazi regime and German race thinking. Blood and Soil implied an intimate bond between lands and peoples, and the Nazis co-opted ideas of Heimat to claim that members of the German race were indelibly marked by their milieu. Meanwhile, German designs on living space and the creation of a land empire are hallmarks of the territorialized logic of “heavy” modernity. Closer attention to G…
Apostles of the Alps
The mountains are having their historiographical moment, as studies of mountaineering, skiing, tourism and hydropower in multiple geographical contexts have placed mountains at the centre of modern political and cultural history. What is the historian of Germany to do? Bergfilme, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the immense and enduring popularity of the German Alpine Association attest to the importance of the mountains in modern German history, and …
Eric Reed. Selling the Yellow Jersey
As a cultural rite that has captivated millions annually since the dawn of the twentieth century, the Tour de France has proved a fertile ground for historians who have traced the sporting spectacle’s role in shaping French collective memory and identity (Georges Vigarello, “Le Tour de France,” in Rethinking France: Les lieux de mémoire, vol. 3: Legacies, ed. Pierre Nora [1992]) and the nation’s perception of social categories such as class and g…
From Sublime Landscapes to “White Gold”
Every year, the Alps welcome over 120 million visitors and lifts carry over 500 million passengers up the slopes. These numbers reflect the rapid growth of Alpine tourism in the postwar era and are largely tied to the democratization of skiing and the sport's attendant growth into an industry and a pillar of the Alpine economy. While skiing is a lucrative business, the winter climate and the terrain of the Alps pose challenges to the rational, pr…
Alpine Modern
In 1932, author and outdoorsman Carl Luther diagnosed the pathologies of modern life and prescribed their ideal cure, writing: Because our work in the daily routine and in the cities, in factories, and in offices has become prosaic, atomizing, and devoid of adventure—because we live faster and must demonstrate greater resistance—because we do not wish to age, but rather wish to remain young, fresh, and slender—because we are anxious and know that…
From Sublime Landscapes to “White Gold”
Every year, the Alps welcome over 120 million visitors and lifts carry over 500 million passengers up the slopes. These numbers reflect the rapid growth of Alpine tourism in the postwar era and are largely tied to the democratization of skiing and the sport's attendant growth into an industry and a pillar of the Alpine economy. While skiing is a lucrative business, the winter climate and the terrain of the Alps pose challenges to the rational, pr…
Infrastructural Propaganda
Life Is Movement, Movement Is Life!” Mobility Politics and the Circulatory State in Nazi Germany
Historians have long understood rootedness as a hallmark of the Nazi regime and German race thinking. Blood and Soil implied an intimate bond between lands and peoples, and the Nazis co-opted ideas of Heimat to claim that members of the German race were indelibly marked by their milieu. Meanwhile, German designs on living space and the creation of a land empire are hallmarks of the territorialized logic of “heavy” modernity. Closer attention to G…
Alpine Modern
In 1932, author and outdoorsman Carl Luther diagnosed the pathologies of modern life and prescribed their ideal cure, writing: Because our work in the daily routine and in the cities, in factories, and in offices has become prosaic, atomizing, and devoid of adventure—because we live faster and must demonstrate greater resistance—because we do not wish to age, but rather wish to remain young, fresh, and slender—because we are anxious and know that…
Mobilizing Empire
The Citroën Central Africa Expedition of 1924-25 has long attracted the attention of scholars, but most study the mediation and consumption of the journey in French mass culture. This article shifts the focus to the conceptualization, justification, and logistical planning of the Central Africa Expedition to trace the development of a close partnership between the private automobile manufacturer and various sectors of the French state. The Centra…
From Sublime Landscapes to “White Gold”
Every year, the Alps welcome over 120 million visitors and lifts carry over 500 million passengers up the slopes. These numbers reflect the rapid growth of Alpine tourism in the postwar era and are largely tied to the democratization of skiing and the sport's attendant growth into an industry and a pillar of the Alpine economy. While skiing is a lucrative business, the winter climate and the terrain of the Alps pose challenges to the rational, pr…
Alpine Modern
In 1932, author and outdoorsman Carl Luther diagnosed the pathologies of modern life and prescribed their ideal cure, writing: Because our work in the daily routine and in the cities, in factories, and in offices has become prosaic, atomizing, and devoid of adventure—because we live faster and must demonstrate greater resistance—because we do not wish to age, but rather wish to remain young, fresh, and slender—because we are anxious and know that…
Apostles of the Alps
The mountains are having their historiographical moment, as studies of mountaineering, skiing, tourism and hydropower in multiple geographical contexts have placed mountains at the centre of modern political and cultural history. What is the historian of Germany to do? Bergfilme, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the immense and enduring popularity of the German Alpine Association attest to the importance of the mountains in modern German history, and …
Eric Reed. Selling the Yellow Jersey
As a cultural rite that has captivated millions annually since the dawn of the twentieth century, the Tour de France has proved a fertile ground for historians who have traced the sporting spectacle’s role in shaping French collective memory and identity (Georges Vigarello, “Le Tour de France,” in Rethinking France: Les lieux de mémoire, vol. 3: Legacies, ed. Pierre Nora [1992]) and the nation’s perception of social categories such as class and g…
Life Is Movement, Movement Is Life!” Mobility Politics and the Circulatory State in Nazi Germany
Historians have long understood rootedness as a hallmark of the Nazi regime and German race thinking. Blood and Soil implied an intimate bond between lands and peoples, and the Nazis co-opted ideas of Heimat to claim that members of the German race were indelibly marked by their milieu. Meanwhile, German designs on living space and the creation of a land empire are hallmarks of the territorialized logic of “heavy” modernity. Closer attention to G…
M ichael H au . Performance Anxiety
Perhaps the central question historians ask of Nazi Germany is the following: How did ordinary Germans become Nazis? Or, if they did not become full converts, how did some Germans acquiesce to their “New Order,” and what combination of carrots and sticks did the Nazi party use to secure this acquiescence? Michael Hau’s Performance Anxiety: Sport and Work in Germany from the Empire to Nazism offers a counterintuitive and compelling answer to this …
Infrastructural Propaganda
Mobilizing Empire
The Citroën Central Africa Expedition of 1924-25 has long attracted the attention of scholars, but most study the mediation and consumption of the journey in French mass culture. This article shifts the focus to the conceptualization, justification, and logistical planning of the Central Africa Expedition to trace the development of a close partnership between the private automobile manufacturer and various sectors of the French state. The Centra…
Deep Play? Video Games and the Historical Imaginary
Video games earned $43.8 billion in revenue in 2018, and many of the most popular and enduring games in recent years are set in historical environments. They are a form of popular art that sheds light on the mentalité of our era. As this article argues, the act of participating in history in virtual forums frames the public's view of history. This article examines how recent video games focused on the Nazis shape public understanding of the Third…
The Interwar World
Unscrambling Africa
This article examines how German technocrats created revisionist plans to “unscramble” Africa in the 1930s. In particular, it studies how their schemes emerged from the transnational Eurafrican movement in the interwar period. The mixture of technical expertise and imperial ideologies in Eurafrican planning made Eurafricanism remarkably elastic in political terms, connecting liberal democratic and fascist states in the interwar era. Bureaucrats a…
An Unformed Map
The Promises and Perils of Periodization in Global History
This article considers the role of periodization in global history through the lens of the inter-war era. The global turn has shifted the 'metageographies' of historical practice, focusing historians' attention on the flows, mobilities and networks that connected peoples and places across the globe. Often left uninterrogated, however, are the 'metatemporalities' that structure historical inquiry, resulting in the perpetuation of Eurocentric defin…
Political science (11 works) · History (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · German (4 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Democracy (3 works)