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Rethinking Leviathan
. Ed(S): Brewer, John; Hellmuth, Eckhart
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Description for Rethinking Leviathan
hardcover. Offering an approach to the history of the modern state, this text concentrates on the 18th century and on two cases, those of Britain and Germany. Using a comparative study, it deconstructs certain cliches about the two states and forces one to rethink how to study states in the early modern era. Editor(s): Brewer, John; Hellmuth, Eckhart. Series: Studies of the German Historical Institute, London. Num Pages: 412 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; JFCX; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Rethinking Leviathan offers a new approach to the history of the modern state. It concentrates on the eighteenth century and on two cases, those of Britain and Germany. These two countries have always been test-cases for historians and social scientists looking at the development of the modern state because they have been seen as presenting the two main alternatives in the state-building process. Using a comparative study of the British and German states, including Prussia, it deconstructs certain clichés about them and forces us to rethink how to study states in the early modern era. The volume is less concerned ... Read more
Rethinking Leviathan offers a new approach to the history of the modern state. It concentrates on the eighteenth century and on two cases, those of Britain and Germany. These two countries have always been test-cases for historians and social scientists looking at the development of the modern state because they have been seen as presenting the two main alternatives in the state-building process. Using a comparative study of the British and German states, including Prussia, it deconstructs certain clichés about them and forces us to rethink how to study states in the early modern era. The volume is less concerned ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the German Historical Institute, London
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199201891
SKU
V9780199201891
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Reviews for Rethinking Leviathan
articles of real merit and importance for eighteenth-century specialists, while the determination to examine not merely the atypical case or Prussia but also the smaller German states is welcome and succesfully accomplished.
American Historical Review, February 2001
this book ... is most welcome. ... This collection is a veritable chocolate box of interests for anyone interested in eighteenth ... Read more
American Historical Review, February 2001
this book ... is most welcome. ... This collection is a veritable chocolate box of interests for anyone interested in eighteenth ... Read more