Peculiarities of Gewrman History Bourgeois Society and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Germany

Name: Peculiarities of Gewrman History Bourgeois Society and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Germany
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ISBN: 9780198730583

ISBN-10: 0198730586

ISBN-13: 9780198730583

Edition: 1984

Authors: David Blackbourn, Geoff Eley

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This book investigates the role of bourgeoisie society and the political developments of the nineteenth century in the peculiarities of German history. Most historians attribute German exceptionalism to the failure or absence of bourgeois revolution in German history and the failure of the bourgeoisie to conquer the pre-industrial traditions of authoritarianism. However, this study finds that there was a bourgeois revolution in Germany, though not the traditional type. This so-called silent bourgeois revolution brought about the emergence and consolidation of the capitalist system based on the sanctity and disposability of private property and on production to meet individual needs through…

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/20/1984
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 5.79" wide x 8.62" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

David Blackbourn is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair of History, Vanderbilt University.



Preface


Introduction


The British Model and the German Road Rethinking the Course of German History before 1914



Basic Assumptions Of German Historiography



German Historians and The Problem of Bourgeois Revolution



Theoretical Bearings The British Societal Mod&eadot;l



Bourgeoisie--Liberalism--Democracy Some Necessary Distinctions



Backward State/Modern Economy Unscrambling the German Couplet



Possibilities of Reform In Britain and Germany



The Realpolitik of the Bourgeoisie And Redundancy of Liberalism



Defining the State in Imperial Germany



Some Provisional Conclusions


The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Reappraising German History in the Nineteenth Century



German Peculiarities



Economy and Society A Silent Bourgeois Revolution



Economy and Society: the Shadow Side



The State and Politics



The Political Stage And the Problem of Reform



Conclusion


Bibliographical Note


Index