Fatherlands : state-building and nationhood in nineteenth-century Germany / Abigail Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Abigail.

Series:

New studies in European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Germany--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Industrialization.

History.

Monarchy.

Germany.

Nationalism--Germany--Hannover (Province)--History--19th century.

Nationalism--Germany--Saxony--History--19th century.

Nationalism--Germany--Württemberg--History--19th century.

Monarchy--Germany--History--19th century.

Germany--Cultural policy.

Cultural policy.

Industrialization--Germany--History--19th century.

Germany--Intellectual life--19th century.

Intellectual life.

Germany--Social conditions--19th century.

Germany--Württemberg.

Germany--Saxony.

Germany--Hannover (Province).

Local Subjects:

Germany--Social conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Fatherlands explores the nature of identity in nineteenth-century Germany, and has crucial implications for our understanding of nationalism, German unification and the German state in the modern era. It approaches these questions from a new and important angle, that of the non national territorial state, exploring the state-building process in non-Prussian Germany. The issues covered range from railway construction and German industrialization, to the modernization of German monarchy, the emergence of a free press, the development of a modern educational system, and the role of monuments, museums and public festivities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-373) and index.

ISBN:

0521793130

OCLC:

45618360