East Central European Perceptions of Early America

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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. AUSTRIA -- VIENNESE PERSPECTIVES ON THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE -- II. BOHEMIA -- THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICA IN CZECH LITERATURE, 1508-1818 -- III. HUNGARY -- SÁNDOR BÖLÖNI FARKAS'S REFLECTIONS ON AMERICAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- BÉLA SZÉCHENYI'S AMERICAN TOUR -- IV. POLAND -- EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POLISH VIEWS ON AMERICAN REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT -- POLAND'S CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- THE APPEAL AND THE ECHO -- BIOGRAPHIES OF THE CONTRIBUTORS