Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British Isles. In this reception study of Robertson's work, Laszlo Kontler shows how the reception of Robertson's major histories in Germany tests the limits of intellectual transfer through translation.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: L. Kontler
EAN: 9781137371713
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 5325 g
HEIGHT: 235 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-06-05
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GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History
WIDTH: 155 cm
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Book Themes:
Scotland, Germany, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, European history, Social and cultural history
László Kontler is a Professor of History at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. His book A History of Hungary (2002) has been published in six languages.
