German Myth of the East - 1800 to the Present

Zusatztext lucidly written, well-researched and far-ranging Informationen zum Autor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee and is the author of War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I (2000). He has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Klappentext An examination of the various different expressions of the distinctive German 'myth of the East' that has been such a marked feature of German culture over the last two centuries, influencing German attitudes both to Eastern Europe itself and also to Germans' own sense of identity. Zusammenfassung An examination of the various different expressions of the distinctive German 'myth of the East' that has been such a marked feature of German culture over the last two centuries, influencing German attitudes both to Eastern Europe itself and also to Germans' own sense of identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Older Legacies Before 1800 3: Influences of the Enlightenment and Romanticism, 1800-1830 4: Genesis and Creation, 1830-1871 5: Age of Empire, 1871-1914 6: The First World War and Aftermath 7: Nazi Visions of the East 8: Nightmare of the Advancing East, 1943-1955 9: Cold War 10: After the Wall Came Down

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• Authors: Vejas G. Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel (Associate Professor Liulevicius
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2009
• EAN: 9780199546312
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954631-2
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History; Oxford Studies in Modern European History; Oxford Studies in Medieval Eur
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science