ISBN: 9780521534420 - transatlantic images and perceptions: germany and america since 1776 (publications of german historical institute) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. This 1997 book analyses how German and American views of each other developed, providing a fresh analysis of an often complex relationship. Editor(s): Barclay, David E.; Glaser-Schmidt, Elisabeth. Series Editor(s): Mauch, Christof; Lazar, David. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560. . 2010. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Over the last two centuries, Germans and Americans have been rivals, friends, opponents, and, most recently, allies. This 1997 cross-disciplinary collection of essays analyses how German and American views of each other developed and periodically shifted, providing a fresh analysis of the often complex German-American relationship. The images that resulted from encounters between the two countries frequently reflected significant cross-currents of the contemporary relations, and often foreshadowed important trends. The nine German and eight American contributors to this volume analysed travelogues, private letters, diaries, diplomatic reports, and newspaper articles from the wake of US independence through the reunification of Germany, and also post-1945 movies, that reflect these cross-cultural encounters and illustrate how political agendas, prejudices, stereotypes, and pragmatic forces influenced individual, group and mass perceptions of the other society.…