John D Heyl
Biographic Data
| ID | 321357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John D Heyl |
| GIVEN NAMES | John D |
| FAMILY NAME | Heyl |
| SIGNATURE | HEYL J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Illinois State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Kuhn, Rostow, and Palmer
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn D. HeylThe author is Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University. He wishes to thank the IWU‐ISU (Illinois State University) Faculty History Seminar for its helpful suggestions on an earlier version of this article
The Construction of the Westwall , 1938
On February 12, 1942, Adolf Hitler, eulogizing his renowned highway builder Fritz Todt, proclaimed that the Westwall , Todt's Wunderwerk , would protect the Reich's western borders “under any circumstances” and “against any attack.” “No power on earth,” the Führer contended, would be able to break through “this most gigantic fortified zone of all time.” Like many of Hitler's declarations of confidence in military technology, this was a mixture of…
Arbeiterklasse und Volksgemeinschaft
The Summer-Porter Controversy at Yale
This reappraisal of the dispute between William Graham Sumner and Noah Porter at Yale (1879-1881) emphasizes the conjunction of disciplinary unxieties (over the academic establishment of sociology) and institutional crisis (over Yale's classical curriculum). Theoretical implications are developed through further explication of Thomas Kuhn's notion of 'pre-paradigmatic' science
Paradigms in social science
Hitler's Economic Thought
A Few years ago Ernst Nolte concluded a discussion on the role of big business in German politics with these words: “History in a modern sense begins at the point where passionate thinking is ignited by new realities related to economics.” Nolte meant modern historiography—especially the Marxist variety—when he spoke of “history in a modern sense,” but one may claim validity for an even more literal meaning of his statement. Is it not true that t…
Hitler's Economic Thought
A Few years ago Ernst Nolte concluded a discussion on the role of big business in German politics with these words: “History in a modern sense begins at the point where passionate thinking is ignited by new realities related to economics.” Nolte meant modern historiography—especially the Marxist variety—when he spoke of “history in a modern sense,” but one may claim validity for an even more literal meaning of his statement. Is it not true that t…
Paradigms in social science
The Summer-Porter Controversy at Yale
This reappraisal of the dispute between William Graham Sumner and Noah Porter at Yale (1879-1881) emphasizes the conjunction of disciplinary unxieties (over the academic establishment of sociology) and institutional crisis (over Yale's classical curriculum). Theoretical implications are developed through further explication of Thomas Kuhn's notion of 'pre-paradigmatic' science
Hitler's Economic Thought
A Few years ago Ernst Nolte concluded a discussion on the role of big business in German politics with these words: “History in a modern sense begins at the point where passionate thinking is ignited by new realities related to economics.” Nolte meant modern historiography—especially the Marxist variety—when he spoke of “history in a modern sense,” but one may claim validity for an even more literal meaning of his statement. Is it not true that t…
Paradigms in social science
The Summer-Porter Controversy at Yale
This reappraisal of the dispute between William Graham Sumner and Noah Porter at Yale (1879-1881) emphasizes the conjunction of disciplinary unxieties (over the academic establishment of sociology) and institutional crisis (over Yale's classical curriculum). Theoretical implications are developed through further explication of Thomas Kuhn's notion of 'pre-paradigmatic' science
Arbeiterklasse und Volksgemeinschaft
The Construction of the Westwall , 1938
On February 12, 1942, Adolf Hitler, eulogizing his renowned highway builder Fritz Todt, proclaimed that the Westwall , Todt's Wunderwerk , would protect the Reich's western borders “under any circumstances” and “against any attack.” “No power on earth,” the Führer contended, would be able to break through “this most gigantic fortified zone of all time.” Like many of Hitler's declarations of confidence in military technology, this was a mixture of…
Kuhn, Rostow, and Palmer
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn D. HeylThe author is Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University. He wishes to thank the IWU‐ISU (Illinois State University) Faculty History Seminar for its helpful suggestions on an earlier version of this article
Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · European history and politics (2 works)