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Informationen zum Autor Colin Storer is Senior Teaching Fellow in Modern European History at the University of Warwick, UK.Based on original research and using striking examples from intellectual life and literature it highlights the diversity of British attitudes, challenges received opinions on areas such as the 'inevitable collapse' of the Republic, and seeks to establish why Weimar Germany was so appealing to such a variety of individuals. Zusammenfassung Between the two world wars, Germany managed, despite all the political upheavals it was experiencing, to attract extremely large numbers of British travellers and tourists. During the Weimar period in particular, Germany attracted visitors from virtually every section of British society.Based on original research and using striking examples from intellectual life and literature, Colin Storer moves beyond the traditional scholarly focus on figures such as Christopher Isherwood and John Maynard Keynes to provide the first broad comparative study of British intellectual attitudes towards Weimar Germany. This book highlights the diversity of British attitudes, challenges received opinions on areas such as the 'inevitable collapse' of the Republic, and seeks to establish why Weimar Germany was so appealing to such a variety of individuals. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: ‘Germany Wants to see You’: British Travel and Tourism in Weimar GermanyChapter 2: ‘Don’t let’s be beastly to the Germans’: British attitudes towards Germany in war and peaceChapter 3: Occupational Hazards: British Intellectuals and the Occupation of the RhinelandChapter 4: Sexual Mecca, City of Doom or Cosmopolitan Capital? British Attitudes towards BerlinChapter 5: ‘A Woman’s Watch on the Rhine’: Female intellectuals and the Weimar RepublicChapter 6: Creating a Weimar Stereotype? Fictional Representations of Weimar GermanyChapter 7: ‘The German Fascisti’: British attitudes towards Nazism in the 1920sConclusionAppendix: Biographical Notes...
