Paths of Continuity examines the impact of the Third Reich on the German historical profession before and after 1945.

Preface; Introduction. Continuities in German historical scholarship, 1933¿60 James Van Horn Melton; 1. German historiography from the 1930s to the 1950s Winfried Schulze; Comment Georg S. Iggers; 2. Friedrich Meinecke (1862¿1954) Jonathan B. Knudsen; Comment Ernst A. Breisach; 3. Change and continuity in German historiography from 1933 into the early 1950s: Gerhard Ritter (1888¿1967) Klaus Schwabe; Comment Thomas A. Brady, Jr; 4. Hans Rothfels (1891¿1976) Klemens von Klemperer; Comment Douglas A. Unfug; 5. Franz Schnabel (1887¿1966) Lothar Gall; Comment Hartmut Lehmann; 6. Heinrich Ritter von Srbik (1878¿1951) Fritz Fellner; Comment John W. Boyer; 7. 'Historical social science' and political myth: Hans Freyer (1887¿1969) and the genealogy of social history in West Germany Jerry Z. Muller; Comment Roger Chickering; 8. Some observations on the work of Hermann Aubin (1885¿1969) Marc Raeff; Comment Edgar Melton; 9. From folk history to structural history: Otto Brunner (1898¿1982) and the radical-conservative roots of German social history James Van Horn Melton; Comment Steve Rowan; 10. Werner Conze (1910¿86): the measure of history and the historian's measures Irmline Veit-Brause; Comment Peter Reill; 11. Continuity, innovation, and self-reflection in late historicism: Theodor Schieder (1908¿84) Jörn Rüsen; Comment Charles S. Maier; Index.