British Images of Germany [electronic resource] : Admiration, Antagonism & Ambivalence, 1860-1914 /
Scully, R.author.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Beginnings -- 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.
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.
Great Britain—History.
Europe, Central—History.
Social history.
World politics.
History, Modern.
Military history.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Germany and Central Europe.
Social History.
Political History.
Modern History.
History of Military.