{"product_id":"our-friend-the-enemy-9780804700146","title":"Our Friend The Enemy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a book about Oxford and Heidelberg University and about the character of European society on the eve of the World War I, \u003ci\u003eOur Friend \"The Enemy\"\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the idea that pre-1914 Europe was bound to collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Weber's argument poses real problems for the theory of an inevitable Anglo-German antagonism culminating in World War I. He shows that, contrary to what proponents of the German\/Sonderweg thesis have long assumed, there was far more social and political conservatism—including anti-Semitism and even militarism—at the British university than at the German. And the evidence he uncovers of Anglo-German affinities among educational elites is truly compelling.\" -- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History * Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003e\"With his well-informed and superbly researched study, replete with interesting details about student life at Oxford and Heidelberg, Weber makes a powerful and effective case that calls into question the hitherto prevailing historiography on which he concentrates his fire.\" -- \u003ci\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It offers revealing insights into German and British academia before 1914 and delivers another death blow to the idea of an illiberal German or liberal British special path to modernity.\" -- \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas Weber's engagingly written book \u003ci\u003eOur Friend, The Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e is a robust defense of the comparative method...This powerful book is an example of a new kind of comparative history—one that is not concerned with \"big structures, large processes, and huge comparisons,\" but nuances in cultural representation and social agency in the past.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCentral European History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This powerful book is an example of a new kind of comparative history—one that is not concer ned with \"big structures, large processes, and huge compar isons,\" but explores nuances in cultural representation and social agency in the past.\" -- \u003ci\u003eH-German\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Weber challenges the conventional historiography that the pre-1914 world was divided between a militaristic and Anti-Semitic Germany and a liberal, tolerant Britain.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...a well-researched, well-written, and provocative book that offers numerous perceptive insights...\" -- Jean-Guy Lalande * St. Francis Xavier University, \u003ci\u003eHistorical Studies in Education\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Weber has produced a compelling assessment of the role that Heidelberg and Oxford played in the reproduction of elites in German and British societies, respectively. His case studies enable him to offer a wholly persuasive reconsideration of the German \u003ci\u003eSonderweg\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOur Friend \"The Enemy\"\u003c\/i\u003e presents a first-rate argument for why historians should attempt to pursue comparative studies.\" -- Paul Deslandes, University of Vermont * Burlington *\u003cbr\u003e\"While delivering a set of far-reaching arguments, Weber's book remains readable. He conducted considerable primary research, providing a wealth of fascinating detail interlaced with well-chosen quotations that drive home his arguments with force.\" -- John R. Davis * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Acknowledgments\t000  Abbreviations\t000  Introduction: Setting the Stage\t000  1. Oxford and Heidelberg in their National Contexts\t000  2. Transnational Nationalists: Anglo-German Life at Oxford and Heidelberg  \t000  3. Militarism and Nationalism at the two Universities\t000  4. Student Sexuality at Oxford and Heidelberg\t000  5. No Long History, No Proud Tradition? Women at the Two Universities  \t000  6. Anti-Semitism and Attitudes towards Foreigners\t000  Conclusion\t000  Notes\t000  Bibliography\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577498177879,"sku":"9780804700146","price":59.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804700146.jpg?v=1746095581","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/our-friend-the-enemy-9780804700146","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}