Willibald Steinmetz
The Force of Comparison
A New Perspective on Modern European History and the Contemporary World
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Willibald Steinmetz
The Force of Comparison
A New Perspective on Modern European History and the Contemporary World
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Produktdetails
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Seitenzahl: 354
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2026
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781836953951
- ISBN-10: 183695395X
- Artikelnr.: 74803159
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
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Willibald Steinmetz is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the history of concepts and political communication and is co-editor of the book series European Conceptual History with Berghahn Books.
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction: Concepts and Practices of Comparison in Modern History
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 1. Outlines of a Historical Epistemology of Comparison: From
Descartes to the Early Nineteenth Century
Michael Eggers
Chapter 2. Comparative Practices and their Implications: The Case of
Comparative Viewing
Johannes Grave
Chapter 3. Above/Below, Better/Worse, or Simply Different? Metamorphoses of
Social Comparison, 1600-1900
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 4. Empowering Comparisons? The Making of Republics in the Early
Modern Period
Lars Behrisch
Chapter 5. Comparing Europe and the Americas: The Dispute of the New World
between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Angelika Epple
Chapter 6. European Colonial Empires and Victorian Imperial Exceptionalism
Alex Middleton
Chapter 7. Comparison and the Welfare State in Modern Europe, c. 1880-1945
Julia Moses
Chapter 8. Comparison, Rivalry and Competition under Neo-Liberalism and
State Socialism
David Priestland
Chapter 9. Comparing Economic Activities on a Global Level in the 1920s and
1930s: Motives and Consequences
Martin Bemmann
Chapter 10. In Search of A Global Centre of Calculation: The Washington
Statistical Conferences of 1947
Daniel Speich Chassé
Chapter 11. Formalized Comparisons: Rankings and Status in Higher Education
Wendy Espeland
Chapter 12. Good - Better - Best: The Power of Ranking Orders
Bettina Heintz
Index
Introduction: Concepts and Practices of Comparison in Modern History
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 1. Outlines of a Historical Epistemology of Comparison: From
Descartes to the Early Nineteenth Century
Michael Eggers
Chapter 2. Comparative Practices and their Implications: The Case of
Comparative Viewing
Johannes Grave
Chapter 3. Above/Below, Better/Worse, or Simply Different? Metamorphoses of
Social Comparison, 1600-1900
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 4. Empowering Comparisons? The Making of Republics in the Early
Modern Period
Lars Behrisch
Chapter 5. Comparing Europe and the Americas: The Dispute of the New World
between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Angelika Epple
Chapter 6. European Colonial Empires and Victorian Imperial Exceptionalism
Alex Middleton
Chapter 7. Comparison and the Welfare State in Modern Europe, c. 1880-1945
Julia Moses
Chapter 8. Comparison, Rivalry and Competition under Neo-Liberalism and
State Socialism
David Priestland
Chapter 9. Comparing Economic Activities on a Global Level in the 1920s and
1930s: Motives and Consequences
Martin Bemmann
Chapter 10. In Search of A Global Centre of Calculation: The Washington
Statistical Conferences of 1947
Daniel Speich Chassé
Chapter 11. Formalized Comparisons: Rankings and Status in Higher Education
Wendy Espeland
Chapter 12. Good - Better - Best: The Power of Ranking Orders
Bettina Heintz
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction: Concepts and Practices of Comparison in Modern History
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 1. Outlines of a Historical Epistemology of Comparison: From
Descartes to the Early Nineteenth Century
Michael Eggers
Chapter 2. Comparative Practices and their Implications: The Case of
Comparative Viewing
Johannes Grave
Chapter 3. Above/Below, Better/Worse, or Simply Different? Metamorphoses of
Social Comparison, 1600-1900
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 4. Empowering Comparisons? The Making of Republics in the Early
Modern Period
Lars Behrisch
Chapter 5. Comparing Europe and the Americas: The Dispute of the New World
between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Angelika Epple
Chapter 6. European Colonial Empires and Victorian Imperial Exceptionalism
Alex Middleton
Chapter 7. Comparison and the Welfare State in Modern Europe, c. 1880-1945
Julia Moses
Chapter 8. Comparison, Rivalry and Competition under Neo-Liberalism and
State Socialism
David Priestland
Chapter 9. Comparing Economic Activities on a Global Level in the 1920s and
1930s: Motives and Consequences
Martin Bemmann
Chapter 10. In Search of A Global Centre of Calculation: The Washington
Statistical Conferences of 1947
Daniel Speich Chassé
Chapter 11. Formalized Comparisons: Rankings and Status in Higher Education
Wendy Espeland
Chapter 12. Good - Better - Best: The Power of Ranking Orders
Bettina Heintz
Index
Introduction: Concepts and Practices of Comparison in Modern History
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 1. Outlines of a Historical Epistemology of Comparison: From
Descartes to the Early Nineteenth Century
Michael Eggers
Chapter 2. Comparative Practices and their Implications: The Case of
Comparative Viewing
Johannes Grave
Chapter 3. Above/Below, Better/Worse, or Simply Different? Metamorphoses of
Social Comparison, 1600-1900
Willibald Steinmetz
Chapter 4. Empowering Comparisons? The Making of Republics in the Early
Modern Period
Lars Behrisch
Chapter 5. Comparing Europe and the Americas: The Dispute of the New World
between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Angelika Epple
Chapter 6. European Colonial Empires and Victorian Imperial Exceptionalism
Alex Middleton
Chapter 7. Comparison and the Welfare State in Modern Europe, c. 1880-1945
Julia Moses
Chapter 8. Comparison, Rivalry and Competition under Neo-Liberalism and
State Socialism
David Priestland
Chapter 9. Comparing Economic Activities on a Global Level in the 1920s and
1930s: Motives and Consequences
Martin Bemmann
Chapter 10. In Search of A Global Centre of Calculation: The Washington
Statistical Conferences of 1947
Daniel Speich Chassé
Chapter 11. Formalized Comparisons: Rankings and Status in Higher Education
Wendy Espeland
Chapter 12. Good - Better - Best: The Power of Ranking Orders
Bettina Heintz
Index