Social Foundations of German Unification, 1858-1871, Volume I: Ideas and Institutions

by Theodore S. Hamerow

Book Overview

The diplomatic and political events leading to the establishment of the German Empire have been studied extensively, but the social matrix of civic activity has been sadly neglected. Professor Hamerow fills this gap by dealing first with the development of the economy and the community under the influence of industrialization. He then considers the ideologies of the era and the groups supporting them: liberalism and the middle class; conservatism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691051747
• ISBN13: 9780691051741
• Release Date: December 1969
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.