{"product_id":"race-nation-history-anglogerman-thought-in-the-victorian-era-9780812251371","title":"Race Nation History  AngloGerman Thought in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What makes a historical period? This is the question at the heart of \u003ci\u003eRace, Nation, History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eOded Y. Steinberg’s original and richly textured book about the problem of what he calls 'racial time' during the nineteenth century...As a refreshing study in the relationship between nineteenth-century debates and the creation of influential categories of historical analysis, the book should become essential reading for scholars of nineteenth-century historical consciousness and the period’s racial imaginary. It also provides an example of the ways in which modern historians may think beyond national contexts, without neglecting them.\" * Victorian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"Steinberg’s study makes a simple yet radical claim: conceptions of race and racial perceptions of time played dominant roles in the development of historical periodization and the foundation of the modern European discipline of history...[\u003ci\u003eRace, Nation, History\u003c\/i\u003e] should prompt new forms of self-reflection by scholars today about their own assumptions and presuppositions about the flow and divisions of the past, how they imagine watershed moments and historical periodization, and why they prefer certain versions over others.\" * The Marginalia Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"Oded Y. Steinberg's original and painstaking examination of the views of Anglo-German historians makes an important contribution to our understanding of the debates regarding the link between history, nation, and race. His insights into the relationships, influences, and characteristics of this community of 'Teutonic' historians are remarkable.\" * Athena S. Leoussi, University of Reading *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Racial Time\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The English Teutonic Circle\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Roman Decline and Teutonic Rejuvenation: The Racial German and English \u003ci\u003eGemeinschaft\u003c\/i\u003e of Scholars (1850-90)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Racial History: The Convergence of Race and Periodization\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Unique Historical Periodization of E. A. Freeman\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Teutonism and Romanism: James Bryce's Holy Roman Empire\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Illusion of Finality: Bury and the Unity of the East\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Values and Interests\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405740843351,"sku":"9780812251371","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812251371.jpg?v=1730493448","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/race-nation-history-anglogerman-thought-in-the-victorian-era-9780812251371","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}