Transatlantic Images and Perceptions

• Introduction David E. Barclay and Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt; 1. 'Through a glass, darkly': changing German ideas of American freedom, 1776–1806 A. Gregg Roeber; 2. 'Germans make cows and women work': American perceptions of Germans as reported in American travel books, 1800–40 Hermann Wellenreuther; 3. Weary of Germany - weary of America: perceptions of the United States in nineteenth-century Germany Hans-Jürgen Grabbe; 4. 'Auch unser Deutschland muss einmal frei werden': the immigrant civil war experience as a mirror on political conditions in Germany Walter D. Kamphoefner; 5. Different, but not out of this world: German images of the United States between two wars, 1871–1914 Wolfgang Helbich; 6. From culture to Kultur: changing American perceptions of imperial Germany, 1870–1914 Jörg Nagler; 7. The reciprocal vision of German and American intellectuals: beneath the shifting perceptions James T. Kloppenberg; 8. Germany and the United States, 1914–33: the mutual perception of their political systems Peter Krüger; 9. Between hope and skepticism: American views of Germany, 1918–33 Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt; 10. 'Without concessions to Marxist or Communist thought': Fordism in Germany, 1923–37 Philipp Gassert; 11. The continuity of ambivalence: German views of America, 1933–45 Detlef Junker; 12. Cultural migration: artists and visual representation between Americans and Germans during the 1930s and 1940s Marion Deshmukh; 13. Representations of Germans and what Germans represent: American film images and public perceptions in the postwar era Beverly Crawford and James Martel; 14. Chancellor of the Allies? The significance of the United States in Adenauer's foreign policy Hans-Jürgen Schröder; 15. American policy toward German unification: images and interests Konrad H. Jarausch; 16. Unification policies and the German image: comments on the American reaction Frank Trommler.

"The 17 essays that make up this meaty volume...capture the discussion between German and US scholars on the perceptions and stereotypes that have characterized German-US interaction since the 18th century....They examine the credibility of a variety of sources....Excellent notes with each essay and a good index." -- Choice