English summary: Travelogues and Documentations about the German-British Pas de deux in History They are often referred to as two Germanic cousins. But when you look closely, this comfortable generic description of Britain and Germany often dissolved into a picture of fierce competition which, when issues of national pride were at stake, could turn into veritable enmity. Overall, however, it was friendship which ruled across the English channel. Thomas Kielinger, veteran correspondent from Britain and author of a number of celebrated biographies of Winston Churchill and the two Queens Elizabeth, has harvested travel documents as well as other telling sources - often prejudices - of the German-British entanglement, from Tacitus to political aberrations in the 20th century, to paint both an enlightening and entertaining panorama which tries to get to the bottom of a perennially fascinating story. German description: Deutsche und Briten werden nicht voneinander lassen und nie ubereinander abschliessend urteilen konnen. Der fundierte Kenner der englischen Geschichte und Gegenwart Thomas Kielinger nimmt diesen Umstand zum Anlass, um die nichtsdestotrotz engen Verbindungen zwischen Grossbritannien und Deutschland anhand ausgewahlter Reiseberichte und anderer Zeugnisse zu beleuchten. Welche historischen Umstande, Erwartungen und Vorannahmen pragen das gegenseitige Bild? Wie liessen sich ebenso stereotype Annahmen und Vorurteile uberwinden? Kielinger versammelt in diesem Band sowohl allgemeine wie pointierte Schilderungen von Tacitus uber Goethe bis Churchill und liefert damit einen ausgesprochen kurzweiligen Einblick in die bewegten und lebendigen kulturellen Verflechtungen zwischen Briten und Deutschen.
Format:Paperback
Language:German
ISBN:3428188446
ISBN13:9783428188444
Release Date:February 2023
Publisher:Duncker & Humblot
Length:47 Pages
Weight:0.12 lbs.
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