Hansen Jason D. Mapping the Germans. Statistical Science, Cartography, and the Visualization of the German Nation, 1848-1914

Oxford University Press, 2015. — 212 p. — ISBN: 0198714394.Mapping the Germans explores the development of statistical science and cartography in Germany between the beginning of the nineteenth century and the start of World War One, examining their impact on the German national identity. It asks how spatially-specific knowledge about the nation was constructed, showing the contested and difficult nature of objectifying this frustratingly elastic concept.
Inside...Ordering Nations
Nationalism and Cartography
The Broader Geographical Context
Plan of the Study
Counting Germans: The Search for a Practical Means to Measure Nationality, Statistics as a Science of Nationality, Enumeration: Mechanisms of Data Collection, Conclusion: A Believable Method for the Measurement of Nationality.
Mapping Germans: Making the Cultural Nation Visible, Early Nineteenth-century Ethnographic Maps, c.1820–60, “Accurate” Ethnographic Maps, c.1860–90, Conclusion: The Triumph of the Ethnographic Map.
Radical Germans: Demography and Nationalism, 1880–1914, Demography and Location, 1870–90, Demography, Method, and Continuity, 1880–1914, Demography, Vision, and Nationalism, 1880–1914, Conclusion: Agency Over the Language Frontier.
Connecting Germans: The Circuitry of National Knowledge, Circulating Knowledge, Newspapers to the Rescue, Points of Refraction, Conclusion: Circulation, Legitimacy, and Science..
Defending Germans: Strategies of Intervention, Pixilating The Kulturnation, Building the Nation.
Conclusion: Radicals, Not Revolutionaries. Conclusion: Statistics and Cartography. War and Peace. Ethnographic Statistics. Maps and Preparations for Peace. At the Paris Peace Conference. The Legacy of Statistics and Maps at the Peace Conference.