Mapping the Germans : statistical science, cartography, and the visualization of the German Nation, 1848-1914 / Jason D. Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Jason D., author.

Series:

Oxford studies in modern European history.

Oxford Studies in Modern European History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Germany.

Ethnology.

Cartography--Europe--History--19th century.

Cartography.

Germany--Historical geography.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the development of statistical science and cartography in Germany between the beginning of the 19th century and the start of World War One, examining their impact on the German national identity.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Mapping the Germans: Statistical Science, Cartography, and the Visualization of the German Nation, 1848�1914 ""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Plates""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Ordering Nations""; ""Nationalism and Cartography""; ""The Broader Geographical Context""; ""Plan of the Study""; ""I: Counting Germans: The Search for a Practical Means to Measure Nationality ""; ""Statistics as a Science of Nationality""; ""Enumeration: Mechanisms of Data Collection""

""Conclusion: A Believable Method for the Measurement of Nationality""""II: Mapping Germans: Making the Cultural Nation Visible ""; ""Early Nineteenth-Century Ethnographic Maps, c.1820-60""; """"Accurate"" Ethnographic Maps, c.1860-90""; ""Conclusion: The Triumph of the Ethnographic Map""; ""III: Radical Germans: Demography and Nationalism, 1880�1914 ""; ""Demography and Location, 1870-90""; ""Demography, Method, and Continuity, 1880-1914""; ""Demography, Vision, and Nationalism, 1880-1914""; ""Conclusion: Agency Over the Language Frontier""

""IV: Connecting Germans: The Circuitry of National Knowledge """"Circulating Knowledge""; ""Newspapers to the Rescue""; ""Points of Refraction""; ""Conclusion: Circulation, Legitimacy, and Science""; ""V: Defending Germans: Strategies of Intervention""; ""Pixilating The Kulturnation""; ""Building the Nation""; ""Conclusion: Radicals, Not Revolutionaries""; ""Conclusion: Statistics and Cartography, War, and Peace ""; ""Ethnographic Statistics, Maps and Preparations for Peace""; ""At the Paris Peace Conference""; ""The Legacy of Statistics and Maps at the Peace Conference""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-178280-7

0-19-102387-6

OCLC:

922973065