Germany and the Germans - From an American Point of View

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Germany and the Germans, by Price Collier This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View (1913) Author: Price Collier Release Date: August 12, 2006 [EBook #19036] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GERMANY AND THE GERMANS *** Produced by Jeffrey Kraus-yao GERMANY AND THE GERMANS FROM AN AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW BY PRICE COLLIER CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK 1913 Copyright, 1913, by Charles Scribner’s Sons Published May, 1913 To MY WIFE KATHARINE whose deserving far outstrips my giving CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCTION I. THE CRADLE OF MODERN GERMANY II. FREDERICK THE GREAT TO BISMARCK III. THE INDISCREET IV. GERMAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE PRESS V. BERLIN VI. “A LAND OF DAMNED PROFESSORS” VII. THE DISTAFF SIDE VIII. “OHNE ARMEE KEIN DEUTSCHLAND” IX. GERMAN PROBLEMS X. “FROM ENVY, HATRED, AND MALICE” XI. CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION The first printed suggestion that America should be called America came from a German.