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British Images of Germany

Admiration, Antagonism & Ambivalence, 1860-1914

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  1. Richard Scully

    1. University of New England, Australia

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Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction — ‘The Beginnings’

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 1-7

  4. Travelling to Germany, 1860–1914: A Guidebook

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Britain and Baedeker’s Germany

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 45-52

    3. The Rhine, the Spas, and Beyond; in War and Peace

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 53-61

    4. Business as Usual: The 1880s and 1890s

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 62-71

    5. The Last of the Summer Holidays — Twentieth Century Travel

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 72-82

  5. Models and Monsters: English Literature and the Idea of Germany

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Learned, Indefatigable, Deep-Thinking Germany

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 85-92

    3. The German Invasion of Britain in 1872 and ‘What Became of the Invaders’

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 93-103

    4. Two Georges and Two Germanies: Gissing and Meredith Commence Debate

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 104-119

    5. Looking into the Abyss?

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 120-130

  6. Punch, Judy and Deutsche Michel: Cartoons of Germany

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. ‘Wilhelm in Wonderland’ — Germany in the Wars of Unification

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 133-183

    3. Satiated and Satisfied? Bismarckian Germany

      • Richard Scully
      Pages 184-212
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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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  • University of New England, Australia

    Richard Scully

About the author

RICHARD SCULLY is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. He received his PhD from Monash University in 2008, where he lectured in history and international studies. With Marian Quartly he edited the 2009 volume Drawing the Line: Using Cartoons as Historical Evidence.

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