{"product_id":"global-germany-circa-1800-todd-kontje-9780271099668","title":"Global Germany Circa 1800: A Revisionist Literary History","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlobal Germany Circa 1800\u003c\/i\u003e asks two interrelated questions: How did Germans participate in the European conquest of the world, and how were they different from other imperial powers? In other words, what is the relation between the German form of empire, the old \u003ci\u003eReich\u003c\/i\u003e, and the modern European empires that emerged in the global age?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Todd Kontje presents a revisionist literary and intellectual history, inviting readers to consider how we might understand \"Germany\" at the turn of the nineteenth century if we remove the nation-state as the inevitable goal of cultural and political development. Focusing on the pivotal years around 1800, when many of the concepts that define the modern era first came into being, Kontje investigates how thinkers in and around Weimar--from Goethe, Schiller, and Kant to Georg Forster, Heinrich von Kleist, and Alexander von Humboldt--worked within existing political structures to make sense of the region's place in the world. Ultimately, he reveals how Weimar, a remote artist hub long thought to exemplify the insularity of a soon-to-be-unified nation, was in fact utterly worldly, and in a manner very different from the political capitals of imperial nation-states like London and Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible and entertaining, this literary history is essential reading for German studies students and scholars, and it will appeal to audiences in world history, empire studies, intellectual history, and comparative literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Kontje\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271099666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271099668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Todd Kontje","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46795508842751,"sku":"9780271099668","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b47a97f-58e1-413b-a847-37f093db4e24.jpg?v=1744947822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-germany-circa-1800-todd-kontje-9780271099668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}