CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017 This book examines the 1871
unification of Germany through the prism of one of its 'forgotten
states', the Kingdom of Wurttemberg. It moves beyond the
traditional argument for the importance of the great powers of
Austria and Prussia in controlling German destiny at this time.
Bodie A. Ashton champions the significance of Wurttemberg and as a
result all 38 German states in the unification process, noting that
each had their own institutions and traditions that proved vital to
the eventual shape of German unity. The Kingdom of Wurttemberg and
the Making of Germany, 1815-1871 demonstrates that the state's
government was dynamic and in full control of its own policy-making
throughout most of the 19th century, with Ashton showing a keen
appreciation for the state's domestic development during the
period. The book traces Wurttemberg's strong involvement in the
national question, and how successive governments and monarchs in
the state's capital of Stuttgart manoeuvred the country so as to
gain the greatest advantage. It successfully argues that the shape
of German unification was not inevitable, and was in fact driven
largely by the desires of the Mittelstaaten, rather than the great
powers; the eventual Reichsgrundung of January 1871 was merely the
final step in a long series of negotiations, diplomatic manoeuvres
and subterfuge, with Wurttemberg playing a vital, regional role.
Making use of a wealth of primary sources, including telegrams,
newspaper articles, diary entries, letters and government
documents, this is a vitally important study for all scholars and
students of 19th-century Germany.
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