Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck, 1800-1866
byThomas Nipperdey
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Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck, 1800-1866
byThomas Nipperdey
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In this highly acclaimed book, Thomas Nipperdey offers readers insights into both the history and the culture of German nationalism, bringing to light much-needed information on the immediate prenational period of transition.
A subject of passionate scholarly debates, the beginnings of German nationalism here receive a thorough-going exploration, from the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire to Bismarck's division in 1866 of the German-speaking world into three parts: an enlarged Prussian state north of the Main, an isolated Austria-Hungary in the south, and a group of Catholic states in between. This altering of power structures, Nipperdey maintains, was the crucial action on which the future of the German state hinged.
Throughout, he traces the failure of German liberalism amidst the rise of nationalism, turning it from a story of inevitable catastrophe toward a series of episodes filled with contingency and choice.
The book opens with the seismic effect of Napoleon on the German ancien regime. Napoleon's modernizing hegemony is shown to have led to the gradual emergence of a civil society based on the liberal bourgeoisie. Nipperdey examines the fate of this society from the revolutions of 1848-49 through the rise of Bismarck.
Into this story he weaves insights concerning family life, working conditions, agriculture, industrialization, and demography while also providing a survey of religion, learning, and the arts.
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1 Deutsche Geschichte 1800-1866: Bürgerwelt und starker Staat 1998, C.H. Beck in German - Broschierte Sonderausgabe. 340609354X 9783406093548 | zzzz |
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3 Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck, 1800-1866 1996, Princeton University Press in English 069102636X 9780691026367 | aaaa |
4 Deutsche Geschichte 1800-1866: Bürgerwelt und starker Staat 1983, C.H. Beck in German 340609354X 9783406093548 | zzzz |
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Includes index.
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- Princeton, NJ
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- 943/.07
- Library of Congress
- DD203 .N5513 1996, DD203.N5513 1996, DD203 .N5513 1995
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- viii, 760 p. ;
- Number of pages
- 760
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