Comparative and transnational history: Central European approaches and new perspectives

Since the 1970s West German historiography has been one of the main arenas of international comparative history. It has produced important empirical studies particularly in social history as well as methodological and theoretical reflections on comparative history. During the last twenty years howev...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books 2009
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Online Access:DE-1043
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DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-188
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Summary:Since the 1970s West German historiography has been one of the main arenas of international comparative history. It has produced important empirical studies particularly in social history as well as methodological and theoretical reflections on comparative history. During the last twenty years however, this approach has felt pressure from two sources: cultural historical approaches, which stress microhistory and the construction of cultural transfer on the one hand, global history and transnational approaches with emphasis on connected history on the other. This volume introduces the reader to some of the major methodological debates and to recent empirical research of German historians, who do comparative and transnational work
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 294 Seiten)
ISBN:9781845458034
DOI:10.1515/9781845458034