Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of figures ix
4. List of tables xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. Chapter 1. Locating translation sociologically 1
7. Chapter 2. Kakania goes postcolonial 5
8. Chapter 3. The Habsburg Babylon 33
9. Chapter 4. Translation practices in the Habsburg Monarchy's "great laboratory" 49
10. Chapter 5. Theoretical sketch of a Habsburg translational space 115
11. Chapter 6. "Promptly, any time of day": The private translation sector 121
12. Chapter 7. "Profiting the life of the mind": Translation policy in the Habsburg Monarchy 133
13. Chapter 8. The Habsburg "translating factory": Translation statistics 147
14. Chapter 9. The mediatory space of Italian –German translations 169
15. Conclusion 235
16. References 247
17. Appendix 271
18. Name index 285
19. Subject index 287