Beyond the Barricades: Government and State-Building in Post-Revolutionary Prussia, 1848-1858

by Anna Ross

Beyond the Barricades is an original study of government after the 1848 revolutions. It focuses on the state of Prussia, where a number of conservative ministers sought to learn lessons from their experiences of upheaval and introduce a wave of reform in the 1850s. Using extensive archival research, the work explores Prussia's entry into the constitutional age, charting initiatives to transform criminal justice, agriculture, industry, communications,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198833822
• ISBN13: 9780198833826
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"