Hartmut Leppin ist Professor für Alte Geschichte an der Universität in Frankfurt am Main. Er ist Träger des Leibniz-Preises der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Contents
Introduction 9
Iwo Amelung, Hartmut Leppin, and Christian A. Müller
Chapter 1: Weakness: Ranges of Disciplinary Approaches 29
Kathrin Knodel and Anselm Spindler
Chapter 2: Representations of Weakness:
Functions, Images, Effects 53
Klaus Seidl
Chapter 3: Visions of Decline in Transhistorical Perspective:
Narratives, Images, Effects 79
Nadine Eikelschulte, Philipp Höhn, Sebastian Riebold, Klaus Seidl, and David Weidgenannt
Chapter 4: Counting Weakness?
The Institutionalisation of Data Collection in the Nineteenth Century German Chemical Industry and Meteorology 151
Linda Richter and Frederic Steinfeld
Chapter 5: Resources-A Historical and Conceptual Roadmap 179
Daniel Hausmann and Nicolas Perreaux
Chapter 6: Perspectives of a Resource History:
Actions-Practices-Regimes 209
Christian A. Müller
Chapter 7: Resources in a Social World 223
Otto Danwerth, Teresa Dittmer, Seto Hardjana, Daniel Hausmann, Nicolas Perreaux, Linda Richter, Christian Scheidler, Frederic Steinfeld, and David Weidgenannt
Chapter 8: Power and Resource Regimes: A Study of the Impact
of Social Relationships on the Function of Resources 255
Anna Dorofeeva and Alexander Krey
Chapter 9: Agency and Asymmetries: Actors and their Access
to Resources in Colonial and Developmental Setting 293
David Rex Galindo, Melina Kalfelis, and José Luis Paz Nomey
Authors 328 / Contents
Introduction 9
Iwo Amelung, Hartmut Leppin, and Christian A. Müller
Chapter 1: Weakness: Ranges of Disciplinary Approaches 29
Kathrin Knodel and Anselm Spindler
Chapter 2: Representations of Weakness:
Functions, Images, Effects 53
Klaus SeidlChapter 3: Visions of Decline in Transhistorical Perspective:
Narratives, Images, Effects 79
Nadine Eikelschulte, Philipp Höhn, Sebastian Riebold, Klaus Seidl, and David Weidgenannt
Chapter 4: Counting Weakness?
The Institutionalisation of Data Collection in the Nineteenth Century German Chemical Industry and Meteorology 151
Linda Richter and Frederic Steinfeld
Chapter 5: Resources-A Historical and Conceptual Roadmap 179
Daniel Hausmann and Nicolas Perreaux
Chapter 6: Perspectives of a Resource History:
Actions-Practices-Regimes 209
Christian A. Müller
Chapter 7: Resources in a Social World 223
Otto Danwerth, Teresa Dittmer, Seto Hardjana, Daniel Hausmann, Nicolas Perreaux, Linda Richter, Christian Scheidler, Frederic Steinfeld, and David Weidgenannt
Chapter 8: Power and Resource Regimes: A Study of the Impact
of Social Relationships on the Function of Resources 255
Anna Dorofeeva and Alexander Krey
Chapter 9: Agency and Asymmetries: Actors and their Access
to Resources in Colonial and Developmental Setting 293
David Rex Galindo, Melina Kalfelis, and José Luis Paz Nomey
Authors 328