| Description |
1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in contemporary European history |
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Studies in contemporary European history.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Franco-German Relations, 18981914: A Sketch; Chapter 2. Hereditary Enemies? The Once and Future War; Chapter 3. Production and Reproduction: Economy, Fertility, and Consumption; Chapter 4. The Elusive Alsatian; Chapter 5. Shades of Opinion: The Political Spectrum Conclusion Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
It is hard to imagine nowadays that, for many years, France and Germany considered each other as ""arch enemies."" And yet, for well over a century, these two countries waged verbal and ultimately violent wars against each other. This study explores a particularly virulent phase during which each of these two nations projected certain assumptions about national character onto the other - distorted images, motivated by antipathy, fear, and envy, which contributed to the growing hostility between the two countries in the years before the First World War. Most remarkably, as the author discovere |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
National characteristics, French.
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National characteristics, German.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes
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French.
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Germans.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Germans
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French
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Diplomatic relations
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National characteristics, French
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National characteristics, German
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Public opinion, French
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Public opinion, German
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War -- Causes
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051253
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- France.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054523
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Germany -- Foreign public opinion, French -- History -- 20th century
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France -- Foreign public opinion, German -- History -- 20th century
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France -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004681
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054517
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France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051411
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Germany -- History -- 1871-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054578
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| Subject |
France
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782386605 |
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1782386602 |
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1845453018 |
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9781845453015 |
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