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The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.
Inventing the German Nation in Travel Literature, 1738-1839
"Far into the nineteenth century, Germany was not yet a nation-state but a conglomeration of principalities. The causes and consequences of its "belatedness" compared to other European countries such as England and France have been much debated. The present book breaks new ground by identifying travel literature as an important factor in the forging of a distinct and cohesive German identity well before political unification in 1871. First, foreign travelers' accounts (travelogues, guidebooks) referred to and treated "Germany" as a distinct place, even though it was still politically divided, thus enabling German readers to imagine their fragmented nation as a conceptual whole. Second, Germa...
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