Freedom's price : serfdom, subjection, and reform in Prussia, 1648-1848 / S. A. Eddie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eddie, S. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Germany--Prussia.

Democracy.

Serfdom--Germany--Prussia.

Serfdom.

Prussia (Germany)--History.

Prussia (Germany).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Building on a new reading of archival material, this volume attempts a fundamental re-appraisal of the continuing orthodoxy that a 'serf' economy embodied peasant exploitation.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Currencies, Weights, and Measures; Maps; 1. Introduction; PART I: THE MANORIAL ECONOMY; 2. The Konservation Conjecture; 3. Capital, the Mainspring of Prussian Feudalism; 4. The Onset of the Manorial System in Prussia; 5. Peasant Wealth: Bust Turns to Boom; 6. Peasant Poverty: A Tale of Two Cycles; PART II: REFORM; 7. Twilight of the Lords: The 1807 October Edict; 8. The 1811 Edict: Nobles Enfranchised and Enraged?; 9. The Limits of State Power: The 1816 Compromise with Reality; PART III: CONCLUSION

10. The Significance of the Reforms11. The Reforms in Context; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 6, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-966275-4

0-19-163975-3

OCLC:

861535387