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A most dangerous book

Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich

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An edition of A most dangerous book (2011)

A most dangerous book

Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich

1st ed.

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  • 2 Want to read

Traces the five-hundred year history and wide-ranging influence of the Roman historian's unflattering book about the ancient Germans that was eventually extolled by the Nazis as a bible.

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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.
Language
English
Pages
303

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Subjects

Germania, Renaissance, Group identity, Roman Empire, German National characteristics, History, Tacitus, cornelius, Germanic peoples, Germany, history, New York Times reviewed, National socialism, Philosophy, Nazi propaganda

People

Cornelius Tacitus, Gnaeus Iulius Agricola

Places

Germany

Times

1st to 20th century CE

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Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich
Aug 27, 2012, W. W. Norton & Company, imusti
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A most dangerous book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich
2011, W.W. Norton & Co.
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.
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Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third ReichTacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich
2011, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English

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Table of Contents

The Roman conquest of the Germanic myth
Survival and rescue
The birth of the German ancestors
Formative years
Heroes' songs
The Volk of free-spirited northerners
White blood
A bible for national socialists.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-285) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
936.3/02
Library of Congress
PA6706.G4 K736 2011, PA6706.G4K736 2011

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
303 p. :
Number of pages
303

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Open Library
OL25030511M
ISBN 10
0393062651
ISBN 13
9780393062656
LCCN
2010049425
OCLC/WorldCat
668194819
amazon.co.uk_asin
0393062651

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Work Description

This book traces the Roman writer's portrait of the "ancient Germans" from its genesis and political context in the 1st and 2nd century CE over its survival through the Middle Ages and rediscovery in the Renaissance to the Third Reich. It thereby examines the book's influence on the internal and external image of the Germans, as distinguished from the "Germanen", the original subject of the study.

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