The arduous path from the colorful diversity of the Holy Roman Empire to the Prussian-dominated German nation-state, Bismarck's German Empire of 1871, led through revolutions, wars and economic upheavals, but also through the cultural splendor of German Classicism and Romanticism. Hagen Schulze takes a fresh look at late eighteenth and nineteenth century German history, explaining it as the interaction of revolutionary forces from below and from above, of economics, politics, and culture. None of the results were predetermined, and yet their outcome was of momentous significance for all of Europe, if not the world.

A. Epochen der preussischen Geschichte 1807-1871 I. Preussen von 1807 bis 1850: Reformen, Restauration und Revolution; II. Preussen von 1850 bis 1871: Verfassungsstaat und Reichsgrundung B. Grosse Themen der Geschichte Preussens I. Polen in der Geschichte Preussens; II. Preussens Wirtschaft vom Dreissigjahrigen Krieg bis zum Nationalsozialismus; III. Das Bildungswesen in Preussen seit der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts"

Two of the most popular, innovative and controversial fields of historical study are cultural history and the history of nationalism. This volume brings these two areas together by addressing a central concern of recent research on the cultural history of Europe: the transition from the cosmopolitan culture of the Enlightenment to the self-consciously national cultures of the nineteenth century. Eleven lively and accessible chapters cover the public sphere, music, the visual arts, political culture, literature, the role of the state, and national languages. Among the many topics discussed are the decline in the degree and importance of patronage by the churches and the nobility; the corresponding expansion in the role played by the anonymous public and the market; the decline of international languages in favour of national vernaculars; the importance of the 'other' in determining a sense of national identity; and the growing appreciation by the state of the significance of the 'fine arts' as being conducive to social harmony, economic prosperity, and political stability.

Viele Historikerinnen und Historiker hegen Illusionen daruber, wie leicht ihr Werk zu publizieren sei, als wurden die Verlage nur darauf warten, es auflagenstark auf den Buchmarkt zu werfen. Andere beklagen eine verheerende Krise von Buchhandel und Geisteswissenschaften. Es kann scheinen, als wurden bald aufgrund schrumpfender Bibliotheksetats und wegen des Internets uberhaupt kaum noch wissenschaftliche Bucher veroffentlicht. Wie ist die Lage tatsachlich? Es war langst uberfallig, dass zur Verstandigung uber den Wandel von Geschichtswissenschaften und Buchmarkt erstmals auf einer Tagung Vertreter beider Seiten zusammentrafen: Historiker und Verleger bedeutender Geschichtsverlage. Hier wurde offen und durchaus nicht konfliktscheu miteinander geredet. Dieser Band prasentiert die Ergebnisse."

The edition British Envoys to Germany presents official reports sent by British diplomats stationed in Germany to the Foreign Office in London. The diplomatic correspondence of the years 1848 to 1850 vividly illustrates the importance of the 1848 revolution and its aftermath as an epoch-making event in German and European history. It reveals the attitudes and perceptions of British observers in a period of great diplomatic activity and vigilance. The developments and changing political situation between the outbreak of the revolution and the start of the Dresden Conference in late 1850 are reflected by the official British observers at the level both of the individual member states of the Confederation and of Germany as a whole. All dispatches are transcribed and annotated for the first time. A comprehensive annotated index of names and a subject index complete the volume.