The German myth of the East : 1800 to the present / Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liulevicius, Vejas G.

Series:

Oxford Studies in Modern European History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--Germany--History.

Public opinion.

National characteristics, German.

Germany--Relations--Europe, Eastern.

Germany.

Europe, Eastern--Relations--Germany.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Eastern--Foreign public opinion, German--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last two centuries and indeed up to the present day, Eastern Europe's lands and peoples have conjured up a complex mixture of fascination, anxiety, promise, and peril for Germans looking eastwards. Across the generations, a varied cast of German writers, artists, philosophers, diplomats, political leaders, generals, and Nazi racial fanatics have imagined (often in very different ways) a special German mission in the East, forging a frontier myth that paralleled the American myths of the 'Wild West' and 'Manifest Destiny'.

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; List of Maps; 1. Introduction; 2. Older Legacies Before 1800; 3. Influences of Enlightenment and Romanticism, 1800-1820s; 4. Fusing the Myth, 1830-1871; 5. Age of Empires, 1871-1914; 6. The First World War and its Aftermath, 1914-1933; 7. Nazi Visions of the East; 8. Nightmare of the Advancing East, 1943-1955; 9. From the Cold War to the Present; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161046-1

0-19-156769-8

0-19-954631-2

1-282-35464-7

9786612354649

OCLC:

536239572