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A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's - Hardcover, by Krebs Christopher B. - Good
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A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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- Textbook
- ISBN
- 0393062651
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393062651
ISBN-13
9780393062656
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99645728
Product Key Features
Book Title
Most Dangerous Book : Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Ancient / Rome, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social Psychology
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Psychology, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-049425
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
A fascinating story of how a book could be used and--especially--abused over two thousand years, as enemies saw it aspresenting Germans as brutish and barbarian, while German nationalisticpride extracted a quite different message of a nation that was simple,virtuous, and pure.... beautifully told byChristopher Krebs., A razor-sharp, eminently readable reminder of the potency of bad ideas. Christopher Krebs shows how intellectuals through the ages used and abused a Latin classic, Tacitus's Germania, and tells the unnerving story of its final transformation into a Nazi 'bible'. Fascinating stuff., A most exciting book! In Krebs' hands, the story of the Germania manuscript becomes part thriller, part detective story.... A must-read for anyone interested in the pernicious power of the ideas of antiquity--and a timely reminder of the responsibilities placed on readers as well as writers.
Dewey Decimal
936.3/02
Synopsis
When the Roman historian Tacitus wrote the Germania, a none-too-flattering little book about the ancient Germans, he could not have foreseen that centuries later the Nazis would extol it as "a bible" and vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germania inspired-and polarized-readers long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Stanford University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania, revealing how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world., The pope wanted it, Montesquieu used it, and the Nazis pilfered an Italian noble's villa to get it: the Germania, by the Roman historian Tacitus, took on a life of its own as both an object and an ideology. When Tacitus wrote a not-very-flattering little book about the ancient Germans in 98 CE, at the height of the Roman Empire, he could not have foreseen that the Nazis would extol it as "a bible," nor that Heinrich Himmler, the engineer of the Holocaust, would vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germania inspired--and polarized--readers long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this elegant and captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Harvard University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania over a five-hundred-year span, showing us how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world.
LC Classification Number
PA6706.G4K736 2011
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