LEADER 03393nam 22007334a 450 001 9910465579803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-156769-8 010 $a0-19-954631-2 010 $a1-282-35464-7 010 $a9786612354649 035 $a(CKB)2560000000295152 035 $a(EBL)472317 035 $a(OCoLC)536239572 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000662423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12304208 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10714222 035 $a(PQKB)10226553 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297476 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947371 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297476 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10335371 035 $a(PQKB)11610158 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472317 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10353939 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235464 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000295152 100 $a20090615d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe German myth of the East$b[electronic resource] $e1800 to the present /$fVejas Gabriel Liulevicius 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aOxford Studies in Modern European History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-960516-5 311 $a0-19-172033-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aOver the last two centuries and indeed up to the present day, Eastern Europe's lands and peoples have conjured up a complex mixture of fascination, anxiety, promise, and peril for Germans looking eastwards. Across the generations, a varied cast of German writers, artists, philosophers, diplomats, political leaders, generals, and Nazi racial fanatics have imagined (often in very different ways) a special German mission in the East, forging a frontier myth that paralleled the American myths of the 'Wild West' and 'Manifest Destiny'. Through close analysis of German views of the East from 1800 to 410 0$aOxford Studies in Modern European History 606 $aPublic opinion$zGermany$xHistory 606 $aNational characteristics, German 607 $aGermany$xRelations$zEurope, Eastern 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xRelations$zGermany 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xForeign public opinion, German$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory. 615 0$aNational characteristics, German. 676 $a303.48/243047 700 $aLiulevicius$b Vejas G$0933687 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465579803321 996 $aThe German myth of the East$92102015 997 $aUNINA