Historians and Nationalism: East-Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century

by Monika Baar

Book Overview

Peripheral cultures have been largely absent from the European canon of historiography. Seeking to redress the balance, Monika Baar discusses the achievements of five East-Central European historians in the nineteenth century: Joachim Lelewel (Polish); Simonas Daukantas (Lithuanian); Frantisek Palacky (Czech); Mihaly Horvath (Hungarian) and Mihail Kogalniceanu (Romanian). Comparing their efforts to promote a unified vision of national culture in their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199681996
• ISBN13: 9780199681990
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"