German and Austrian-German Historical Thought in the Modern Era

By Mark E. Blum

Every nation develops a narrative structure for thinking about history that is generated by its own historical experience. In this study, the German and Austrian-German "historias"--the way narratives of factual significance are structured as the "story" of events--are shown in their sameness from the late 1600s to the present. This "historia" shapes the emphasis of how meaning is articulated among the historians of a society. The author argues that German and Austrian-German societies would benefit from understanding the constrictions and oversights generated by the narrative style of their traditional historias.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498595227
• ISBN13: 9781498595223
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"