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Peripheral cultures have been largely absent from the European canon of historiography. Seeking to redress the balance, Monika Baár discusses the achievements of five East-Central European historians in the nineteenth century: Joachim Lelewel (Polish); Simonas Daukantas (Lithuanian); Frantisek Palacký (Czech); Mihály Horváth (Hungarian) and Mihail Kogalniceanu (Romanian). Comparing their efforts to promote a unified vision of national culture in their respective countries, Baár illuminates the complexities of historical writing in the region in the nineteenth century.Drawing on previously untranslated documents, Baár reconstructs the scholars' shared intellectual background and their nationalistic aims, arguing that historians on the European periphery made significant contributions to historical writing, and had far more in common with their Western and Central European contemporaries than has been previously assumed.

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Review from previous edition Destined to become a classic study in the history of historiography...History writing does not come any better than this. Stefan Berger, H-Soz-u-Kult On the basis of its exceptional strengths, this book can be recommended as required reading for any course in modern European history, society and historiography. Tomasz Kamusella, European History Quarterly ...admirable study, which demonstrates an understated linguistic virtuosity...work of real scholarship. Robin Okey, Slavonic and East European Review ...dazzling and dramatic...[Baar] has written the most distinguished work on the history of history to come out in recent years. Maureen Healy, English Historical Review

This compact, well-researched, and well-written work will be required reading for historians of both Western and Eastern Europe, as well as for those whose interests lie beyond the continent's borders. It forces us to put the continent back together. * Owen V. Johnson, American Historical Review * ...dazzling and dramatic...[Baar] has written the most distinguished work on the history of history to come out in recent years. * Maureen Healy, English Historical Review * ...admirable study, which demonstrates an understated linguistic virtuosity...work of real scholarship. * Robin Okey, Slavonic and East European Review * On the basis of its exceptional strengths, this book can be recommended as required reading for any course in modern European history, society and historiography. * Tomasz Kamusella, European History Quarterly * Review from previous edition Destined to become a classic study in the history of historiography...History writing does not come any better than this. * Stefan Berger, H-Soz-u-Kult *

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Monika Baár completed her D.Phil. at Oxford in 2002 and is currently the Rosalind Franklin Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Groningen.

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