America in the Eyes of the Germans

by Don Diner and Dan Diner

Book Overview

The author presents a short history of a rather complex idea that began around the year 1800. Though the United States was often viewed by the people of Germany as a land of opportunity, a portion of the intelligentsia, with which this book is principally concerned, tended to see the U.S. as the home of greedy hypocrites estranged from and envious of all higher culture. From the beginning of the Romantic period and throughout all the turnings of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558761055
• ISBN13: 9781558761056
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"