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1 online resource (252 pages) |
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Themes In Modern German History |
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Themes In Modern German History
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Approaches to the German revolutions of 1848/9; Structure of the book; Author's acknowledgements and editorial policy; 1 German society in transition (1789-1815); The impact of the French Revolution of 1789; Intellectual responses to the French Revolution of 1789; The struggle for supremacy between Austria and Prussia; Events in Switzerland and other non-imperial German-speaking territories; The emergence of a 'Third Germany'; Constitutional and socio-economic reforms; Reforms in Prussia and Austria |
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The wars of liberation and the restoration of the old order2 The 'Holy Alliance' and Vormärz: the demise of the German ancien régime and the preface to the revolutions; The German Confederation, a battle-ground for forces of reaction and modernization; The period of reaction (1815-30); From reaction to protest: the role of the intelligentsia; Religious strife; The nationality issue and the formation of political groups; Political literature during the Vormärz; Social and economic conditions within the Confederation; The Swiss civil war; 3 The March and April revolutions in the 'Third Germany' |
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The impact of the French February RevolutionObservations on the social strata in the 'Third Germany'; The rural population; Artisans and industrial workers; The 1848 uprising in Baden and its impact on other German regions; The role of established protest groups; Government responses and the establishment of the Pre-Parliament; 4 The revolutions in Vienna and Berlin; The revolution in Vienna: Social and economic conditions; Vienna's March revolution; From the May revolution to the September crisis; The 'October revolution' and reactionary victory; The revolution in Berlin |
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Social and economic conditions in BerlinThe 'March revolution'; A period of consolidation?; A second revolutionary phase?; Political clubs and associations; The final phase; A comparison of the revolutions in Vienna and Berlin; 5 The move towards parliamentary democracy; Introduction; Extra-parliamentary political activities and their interaction with the National Assembly; The establishment of the Frankfurt National Assembly ; The constitutional committees; Frankfurt -- Vienna -- Berlin: three contenders for the nation's capital |
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6 The Frankfurt National Assembly and international reverberationsThe establishment of parliamentary business; The emergence of political factions within the Assembly; The establishment of a central government; The drawing up of Basic Rights; Schieswig-Hoistein and the issue of a German nation state; Conflicting nationality issues; An assessment of the National Assembly; 7 The revolution in crisis; The rejection of the imperial crown by Frederick William IV; The campaign for the Imperial Constitution; Revolutionary patterns in the summer of 1849; The political leadership and their agenda |
| Summary |
In 1848 the continent of Europe was rocked by revolutions: only Great Britain and Russia remained relatively immune to the upheaval. Most spectacularly, the Revolutions swept across the German-speaking lands of central Europe, with the newly-released forces of nationalism and mass popular protest smashing the reactionary Metternich regimes which had held sway since the defeat of Napoleon. The Metternich system was dead: nationalism and national self-determination asserted themselves as the dominant dynamic forces of continental Europe in the later nineteenth century. This impressive history ex |
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The foreign involvement |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Germany -- History -- Revolution, 1848-1849.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054572
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Austria -- History -- Revolution, 1848-1849.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009709
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Europe, German-speaking -- History -- 19th century
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Austria
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German-speaking Europe
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317879442 |
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1317879449 |
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