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The Fin-de-Siècle World ed. by Michael Saler (review)

The Fin-de-Siècle World ed. by Michael Saler (review) Book Reviews 123 The Fin-de-Siècle World. Edited by MICHAEL SALER. London and New York: Routledge, 2015. xxi, 761 pp. $213.60 (hardcover); $186.90 (eBook). This reviewer sympathizes with Dr. Saler when he laments that “his short Introduction can only generalize, at the risk of oversimplification, about a few of the overarching features of the” fin-de-siècle (p. 3). In the 761 pages of this book, there are 45 chapters, divided among 8 parts, written by 47 authors, not including the editor. He is a professor of Modern European intellectual and cultural history at the University of California, Davis. There are also 52 figures (paintings, illustrations, photos), and two maps, both relating to colonial possessions in Africa during the “Scramble” for that continent. It is one of the 39 volumes published to date in the Routledge World series. In his introduction, Saler describes the approach taken by the authors in this volume as belonging to the third “wave” of writings (both scholarly and popular) about the fin-de-siècle. The First Wave began when the term, fin-de-siècle, first caught on after being used as the title of a French play in 1888. Within a decade it had become a generational catchword for those who http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press

The Fin-de-Siècle World ed. by Michael Saler (review)

Beck, Roger B.
Journal of World History , Volume 29 (1) – Mar 1, 2018
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Book Reviews 123 The Fin-de-Siècle World. Edited by MICHAEL SALER. London and New York: Routledge, 2015. xxi, 761 pp. $213.60 (hardcover); $186.90 (eBook). This reviewer sympathizes with Dr. Saler when he laments that “his short Introduction can only generalize, at the risk of oversimplification, about a few of the overarching features of the” fin-de-siècle (p. 3). In the 761 pages of this book, there are 45 chapters, divided among 8 parts, written by 47 authors, not including the editor. He is a professor of Modern European intellectual and cultural history at the University of California, Davis. There are also 52 figures (paintings, illustrations, photos), and two maps, both relating to colonial possessions in Africa during the “Scramble” for that continent. It is one of the 39 volumes published to date in the Routledge World series. In his introduction, Saler describes the approach taken by the authors in this volume as belonging to the third “wave” of writings (both scholarly and popular) about the fin-de-siècle. The First Wave began when the term, fin-de-siècle, first caught on after being used as the title of a French play in 1888. Within a decade it had become a generational catchword for those who

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