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" The German myth of the East : "
Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
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BL
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711853
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b534042
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| Main Entry
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Liulevicius, Vejas G
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The German myth of the East : : 1800 to the present /\ Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2009
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292 p. :: ill. maps ;; 25 cm
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0199546312
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: 9780199546312
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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. 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
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| Abstract
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Examining the various different expressions of the distinctive German myth of the East, Vejas Liulevicius discusses its importance as a feature of German culture over the last two centuries, which has influenced German attitudes both to Eastern Europe itself and also to Germans' own sense of identity
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National characteristics, German
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Public opinion-- Germany-- History
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Europe, Eastern, Foreign public opinion, German, History
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Europe, Eastern, Relations, Germany
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Germany, Relations, Europe, Eastern
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DD120.E852L58 2009
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