"The 17 essays that make up this meaty volume...capture the discussion between German and US scholars on the perceptions and stereotypes that have characterized German-US interaction since the 18th century....They examine the credibility of a variety of sources....Excellent notes with each essay and a good index." -- Choice

• Introduction David E. Barclay and Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt; 1. 'Through a glass, darkly': changing German ideas of American freedom, 1776–1806 A. Gregg Roeber; 2. 'Germans make cows and women work': American perceptions of Germans as reported in American travel books, 1800–40 Hermann Wellenreuther; 3. Weary of Germany - weary of America: perceptions of the United States in nineteenth-century Germany Hans-Jürgen Grabbe; 4. 'Auch unser Deutschland muss einmal frei werden': the immigrant civil war experience as a mirror on political conditions in Germany Walter D. Kamphoefner; 5. Different, but not out of this world: German images of the United States between two wars, 1871–1914 Wolfgang Helbich; 6. From culture to Kultur: changing American perceptions of imperial Germany, 1870–1914 Jörg Nagler; 7. The reciprocal vision of German and American intellectuals: beneath the shifting perceptions James T. Kloppenberg; 8. Germany and the United States, 1914–33: the mutual perception of their political systems Peter Krüger; 9. Between hope and skepticism: American views of Germany, 1918–33 Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt; 10. 'Without concessions to Marxist or Communist thought': Fordism in Germany, 1923–37 Philipp Gassert; 11. The continuity of ambivalence: German views of America, 1933–45 Detlef Junker; 12. Cultural migration: artists and visual representation between Americans and Germans during the 1930s and 1940s Marion Deshmukh; 13. Representations of Germans and what Germans represent: American film images and public perceptions in the postwar era Beverly Crawford and James Martel; 14. Chancellor of the Allies? The significance of the United States in Adenauer's foreign policy Hans-Jürgen Schröder; 15. American policy toward German unification: images and interests Konrad H. Jarausch; 16. Unification policies and the German image: comments on the American reaction Frank Trommler.