This book took me an unusually long time to read due to a lot of things going on in my life. That did not diminish my appreciation for it though. Helmut Smith helped me understand things that I was not able to before. A couple examples would be the history of map-making as well as how the pre-German states relate to the formation of a unified German nation. I know this has been explained to me before, but Smith helped me finally understand it. I appreciated how he probed the fabric of German history and I loved his endnotes.
Book Review / May 14
Germany: A Nation in its Time
Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000
By: Helmut Walser Smith
★★★★★
★★★★★
Book Review
This book took me an unusually long time to read due to a lot of things going on in my life. That did not diminish my appreciation for it though. Helmut Smith helped me understand things that I was not able to before. A couple examples would be the history of map-making as well as how the pre-German states relate to the formation of a unified German nation. I know this has been explained to me before, but Smith helped me finally understand it. I appreciated how he probed the fabric of German history and I loved his endnotes.
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