In Babel's Shadow: Language, Philology, and the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Germany

by Tuska Benes

A comprehensive cultural history of the language sciences in nineteenth-century Germany.

In contrast to fields like anthropology, the history of linguistics has received remarkably little attention outside of its own discipline despite the undeniable impact language study has had on the modern period. In Babel's Shadow situates German language scholarship in relation to European nationalism, nineteenth-century notions of race and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814333044
• ISBN13: 9780814333044
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"