| Georg Busolt: His Career in His Letters Contributor(s): Chambers, Mortimer H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004092250 ISBN-13: 9789004092259 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1990 Annotation: This book is a study of Georg Busolt (1850-1920), a noted German historian of classical Greece. The treatment is based on a collection of his own letters, mainly written to other scholars. Over 100 letters from Busolt to others are collected and edited here. Each letter, in the original German, is pre- sented with commentary and the whole is woven into a chrono- logical narrative and survey of Busolt's career. There are four chapters (The Busolt Family; Kvnigsberg; Kiel, Gvttingen), the last three corresponding to the universities where he studied and taught. Despite Busolt's eminence and the continued usefulness of his two great handbooks (Griechische Geschichte; Griechische Staatskunde), nothing has ever been written about him. Moreover, the narrative gives a picture of Prussian univer- sities and academic issues during his period - a crucial one for the development of German education - and is thus a con- tribution to the history of scholarship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Biography & Autobiography - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 89071202 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.34" W x 9.42" (1.08 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a study of Georg Busolt (1850-1920), a noted German historian of classical Greece. The treatment is based on a collection of his own letters, mainly written to other scholars. Over 100 letters from Busolt to others are collected and edited here. Each letter, in the original German, is presented with commentary and the whole is woven into a chronological narrative and survey of Busolt's career. There are four chapters (The Busolt Family; K nigsberg; Kiel, G ttingen), the last three corresponding to the universities where he studied and taught. Despite Busolt's eminence and the continued usefulness of his two great handbooks (Griechische Geschichte; Griechische Staatskunde), nothing has ever been written about him. Moreover, the narrative gives a picture of Prussian universities and academic issues during his period - a crucial one for the development of German education - and is thus a contribution to the history of scholarship. |