Transatlantic Images and Perceptions Germany and America since 1776 [Hardcover]

This 1997 book analyses how German and American views of each other developed, providing a fresh analysis of an often complex relationship.These essays analyze 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, found in travelogues, private letters, diaries, diplomatic reports, newspaper articles, and movies, that resulted from each encounter frequently reflected the contemporary relations, often foreshadowed future trends, and illustrate how political agendas, prejudices, stereotypes, and pragmatic forces influenced each society's perceptions.These essays analyze 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, found in travelogues, private letters, diaries, diplomatic reports, newspaper articles, and movies, that resulted from each encounter frequently reflected the contemporary relations, often foreshadowed future trends, and illustrate how political agendas, prejudices, stereotypes, and pragmatic forces influenced each society's perceptions.These essays analyze 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--found in travelogues, private letters, diaries, diplomatic reports, newspaper articles, and movies--that resulted from each encounter frequently reflected the contemporary relations, often foreshadowed future trends, and illustrate how political agendas, prejudices, stereotypes, and pragmatic forces influenced each society's perceptions.Introduction David E. Barclay and Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt; 1. 'Through a glass, darkly': changing German ideas of American freedom, 17761806 A. Gregg Roeber; 2. 'Germans make cows and women work': American perceptions of Germans as reported in American travel books, lã: