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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Imperial Present
1. The Seleucid Era and Its Epoch
2. A Government of Dating
3. Dynastic Time
Part II: Indigenous Past and Future
4. Total History 1: Rupture and Historiography
5. Total History 2: Periodization and Apocalypse
6. Altneuland Resistance and the Resurrected State
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables
Index

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