British images of Germany : admiration, antagonism & ambivalence, 1860-1914
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British images of Germany : admiration, antagonism & ambivalence, 1860-1914
(Britain and the world)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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British Images of Germany is the first full-length cultural history of Britain's relationship with Germany in the key period leading up to the First World War. Richard Scully reassesses what is imagined to be a fraught relationship, illuminating the sense of kinship Britons felt for Germany even in times of diplomatic tension.
Table of Contents
- Series Preface List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction - 'The Beginnings' PART I: MAPPING GERMANY, 1860-1914 From 'Geographical Expression' to German Empire 'North Sea' or 'German Ocean'?: Britain and Germany in the Wider World A 'Pink Link' - Race, Religion and the Anglo-German Cartographic Freemasonry War and the Severing of the 'Pink link' PART II: TRAVELLING TO GERMANY, 1860-1914: A GUIDEBOOK Britain and Baedeker's Germany The Rhine, the Spas, and Beyond
- in War and Peace Business as Usual: the 1880s and 1890s The Last of the Summer Holidays: Twentieth Century Travel PART III: MODELS AND MONSTERS: ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THE IDEA OF GERMANY Learned, Indefatigable, Deep-thinking Germany...' The German Invasion of Britain in 1872 and 'What Became of the Invaders' Two Georges and Two Germanies: Gissing & Meredith Commence Debate Looking Into the Abyss..? PART IV: PUNCH, JUDY AND GERMAN MICHAEL: CARTOONS OF GERMANY 'Wilhelm in Wonderland': Germany in the Wars of Unification Satiated and Satisfied? - Bismarckian Germany 'Dropping the Pilot' - Wilhelm II and Weltpolitik The Coming of the Horrible Hun Conclusions Endnotes
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