03393nam 22007334a 450 991046557980332120200520144314.00-19-156769-80-19-954631-21-282-35464-79786612354649(CKB)2560000000295152(EBL)472317(OCoLC)536239572(SSID)ssj0000662423(PQKBManifestationID)12304208(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662423(PQKBWorkID)10714222(PQKB)10226553(SSID)ssj0000297476(PQKBManifestationID)11947371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297476(PQKBWorkID)10335371(PQKB)11610158(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075880(MiAaPQ)EBC472317(Au-PeEL)EBL472317(CaPaEBR)ebr10353939(CaONFJC)MIL235464(EXLCZ)99256000000029515220090615d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe German myth of the East[electronic resource] 1800 to the present /Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (313 p.)Oxford Studies in Modern European HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-960516-5 0-19-172033-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZOver 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'. Through close analysis of German views of the East from 1800 toOxford Studies in Modern European HistoryPublic opinionGermanyHistoryNational characteristics, GermanGermanyRelationsEurope, EasternEurope, EasternRelationsGermanyEurope, EasternForeign public opinion, GermanHistoryElectronic books.Public opinionHistory.National characteristics, German.303.48/243047Liulevicius Vejas G933687MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465579803321The German myth of the East2102015UNINA