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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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
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National characteristics, German
Public opinion-- Germany-- History
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Europe, Eastern, Foreign public opinion, German, History