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Auteur(s) : Hansen, Jason D.
Titre(s) : Mapping the Germans [Texte imprimé] : statistical science, cartography, and the visualization of the German nation, 1848-1914 / Jason D. Hansen
Édition : First edition
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI, 193 p.), [8] p. of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Collection : Oxford Studies in Modern European History
Lien à la collection : Oxford studies in modern European history
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-190) and index
This book explores the development of statistical science and cartography in Germany
between the beginning of the nineteenth century and the start of World War One, examining
their impact on the German national identity. It asks how spatially-specific knowledge
about the nation was constructed, showing the contested and difficult nature of objectifying
this frustratingly elastic concept. Ideology and politics were not themselves capable
of providing satisfactory answers to questions about the geography and membership
of the nation; rather, technology also played a key role in this process, helping
to produce the scientific authority needed to make the resulting maps and statistics
realistic. In this sense, this book is about how the abstract idea of the nation was
transformed into a something that seemed objectively measurable and politically manageable.
Jason Hansen also examines the birth of radical nationalism in central Europe, advancing
the novel argument that it was changes to the vision of nationality rather than economic
anxieties or ideological shifts that radicalized nationalist practice at the close
of the nineteenth century. Numbers and maps enabled activists to "see" nationality
in local and spatially-specific ways, enabling them to make strategic decisions about
where to best direct their resources. In essence, they transformed nationality into
something that was actionable, that ordinary people could take real actions to influence
Sujet(s) : Ethnologie -- Allemagne -- 19e siècle
Cartographie -- Allemagne -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198714392. - ISBN 0198714394
EAN 9780198714392
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44299263v
Notice n° :
FRBNF44299263
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