Jean-Michel Johnston
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean-Michel Johnston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean-Michel |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnston |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1002-1169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Print Markets and Political Dissent
Navigating Post-Imperial Transitions after the First World War
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Aspiring to Statehood
The 75th anniversary of Germany's Grundgesetz highlights ongoing debates about statehood, unity, and territorial identity. Throughout its modern history, German statehood has been defined by evolving notions of sovereignty and flexible territorial arrangements. From the 1815 German Confederation to the Kaiserreich, Weimar Republic, and reunified Federal Republic, different legal frameworks have mediated shifting internal divisions and external bo…
Armenians, Jews, and Humanitarianism in the ‘Age of Questions’, 1830–1900
Go to Armenia, and you will not find an Armenian. They, too, are an expatriated nation, like the Hebrews...The Armenian has a proverb: ‘In every city of the East I find a home.’ They are everywhere; the rivals of my people, for they are one of the great races, and little degenerated: with all our industry, and much of our energy... Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred; or, The new crusade (1847)
Networks of Modernity
The Telegraphic Revolution
This article investigates the impact of the ‘communications revolution’ upon experiences of time and space during the nineteenth century. Focusing upon the first three decades of telegraphic communication, it unpacks the assumptions underlying linear narratives of ‘acceleration’ and ‘time-space compression’ to understand the roots of Germany’s fraught relationship to modernity. In doing so, it highlights the importance of the changes which took p…
The Time and the Place to Network
This article revisits the interplay between enterprise, technology, science, and the state in the latter stages of Prussia's “early industrialization.” Tracing the footsteps of Werner Siemens as he sought to establish a business in Berlin during the 1840s, it highlights the social networks that enabled individuals and ideas to circulate between the military establishment, administrative departments, scientific circles, and entrepreneurial communi…
Armenians, Jews, and Humanitarianism in the ‘Age of Questions’, 1830–1900
Go to Armenia, and you will not find an Armenian. They, too, are an expatriated nation, like the Hebrews...The Armenian has a proverb: ‘In every city of the East I find a home.’ They are everywhere; the rivals of my people, for they are one of the great races, and little degenerated: with all our industry, and much of our energy... Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred; or, The new crusade (1847)
The Time and the Place to Network
This article revisits the interplay between enterprise, technology, science, and the state in the latter stages of Prussia's “early industrialization.” Tracing the footsteps of Werner Siemens as he sought to establish a business in Berlin during the 1840s, it highlights the social networks that enabled individuals and ideas to circulate between the military establishment, administrative departments, scientific circles, and entrepreneurial communi…
The Telegraphic Revolution
This article investigates the impact of the ‘communications revolution’ upon experiences of time and space during the nineteenth century. Focusing upon the first three decades of telegraphic communication, it unpacks the assumptions underlying linear narratives of ‘acceleration’ and ‘time-space compression’ to understand the roots of Germany’s fraught relationship to modernity. In doing so, it highlights the importance of the changes which took p…
Networks of Modernity
Armenians, Jews, and Humanitarianism in the ‘Age of Questions’, 1830–1900
Go to Armenia, and you will not find an Armenian. They, too, are an expatriated nation, like the Hebrews...The Armenian has a proverb: ‘In every city of the East I find a home.’ They are everywhere; the rivals of my people, for they are one of the great races, and little degenerated: with all our industry, and much of our energy... Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred; or, The new crusade (1847)
Print Markets and Political Dissent
Navigating Post-Imperial Transitions after the First World War
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Aspiring to Statehood
The 75th anniversary of Germany's Grundgesetz highlights ongoing debates about statehood, unity, and territorial identity. Throughout its modern history, German statehood has been defined by evolving notions of sovereignty and flexible territorial arrangements. From the 1815 German Confederation to the Kaiserreich, Weimar Republic, and reunified Federal Republic, different legal frameworks have mediated shifting internal divisions and external bo…
History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Economic history (3 works) · European Political History Analysis (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical Influence and Diplomacy (2 works)