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Each chapter demonstrates how comparison has helped to drive the seemingly irresistible dynamism of the modern world, exploring how comparatively minded assessors determine their units of analysis, the criteria they select or ignore, and just who it is that makes use of these comparisons—and to what ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The volume is well edited, wonderfully informative, and supplies a fairly helpful index… Scholars in many fields will discover valuable insights in every chapter.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of Modern History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The chapters in this volume are all outstanding examples of the power of comparative history and thus underline the claim made in the introduction that comparative history will enrich our understanding of the past in years to come…Overall the volume is a treasure trove for anyone interested in comparative history and a compelling call to pursue comparative investigations in historical writing.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“By studying practices of comparison both in historical reality and in the study of history, this book offers fresh and surprising insights into a much-discussed subject. The contributions are empirically rich, well-documented, and of great interest for many areas in history and other fields.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jürgen Kocka\u003c\/strong\u003e, WZB Berlin Social Science Center\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an excellent collection of essays. Its scholarship is of a high standard, it demonstrates a degree of conceptual unity that is unusual for edited volumes, and it does a splendid job of vindicating the argument for the ubiquitous importance of comparison in modern life and thought.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Luke O’Sullivan\u003c\/strong\u003e, National University of Singapore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Concepts and Practices of Comparison in Modern History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWillibald Steinmetz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Outlines of a Historical Epistemology of Comparison: From Descartes to the Early Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichael Eggers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Comparative Practices and their Implications: The Case of Comparative Viewing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohannes Grave\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Above\/Below, Better\/Worse, or Simply Different? Metamorphoses of Social Comparison, 1600–1900\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWillibald Steinmetz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Empowering Comparisons? The Making of Republics in the Early Modern Period\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLars Behrisch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eComparing Europe and the Americas: The Dispute of the New World between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAngelika Epple\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e European Colonial Empires and Victorian Imperial Exceptionalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlex Middleton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Comparison and the Welfare State in Modern Europe, c. 1880–1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJulia Moses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Comparison, Rivalry and Competition under Neo-Liberalism and State Socialism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Priestland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Comparing Economic Activities on a Global Level in the 1920s and 1930s: Motives and Consequences\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartin Bemmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e In Search of A Global Centre of Calculation: The Washington Statistical Conferences of 1947\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDaniel Speich Chassé\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Formalized Comparisons: Rankings and Status in Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWendy Espeland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Good – Better – Best: The Power of Ranking Orders\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBettina Heintz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042554806615,"sku":"9781789203356","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789203356.jpg?v=1750954620","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-force-of-comparison-a-new-perspective-on-modern-european-history-and-the-contemporary-world-9781789203356","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}