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Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck - 1800-1866 (Hardcover)
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Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck - 1800-1866 (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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Thomas Nipperdey offers readers insights into 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 debates, the beginnings of German nationalism
here receive a thorough-going exploration, from the dissolution of
the Holy Roman Empire to Bismarck's division 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. 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 as well as religion, learning, and the arts.
Originally published in 1996. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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