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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Birmele, Jutta |
| Title, Analytic | [Review of] Urs Hammer, ed. "Vom Alpenidyll zum modernen Musterstaat. Der Mythos der Schweiz als 'Alpine Sister Republic' in den USA des 19. Jahrhunderts" (Basler Beitraege zur Geschichtswissenschaft, 165). Basel and Frankfurt am Main: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1995. Pp. xiii, 358. |
| Journal Title | German Studies Review |
| Date of Publication | May 1996 |
| Volume ID | 19 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 346-7 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 0149-7952 |
| Abstract | Reviewed book constitutes author's 1993 doctoral thesis at University of Basle. It aims at making a contribution to a critical reflection of Swiss national history by analyzing Switzerland's image in nineteenth-century journalism and fiction in the U.S. The book also addresses the question as to what purpose an idealized Swiss picture served in the history of the U.S. |
| Notes | Photocopy. MKI does not own reviewed book, ISBN 3719013669. |
| Call Number | P2000-23 |
| MKI Terms | Book reviews/ Switzerland/ Foreign public opinion |