Businessmen and politics in the Rhineland, 1789-1834 / by Jeffry M. Diefendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diefendorf, Jeffry M., 1945- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 987

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business and politics--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--History.

Business and politics.

Businesspeople--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--History.

Businesspeople.

Germany--Politics and government--1789-1900.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an attempt to understand the political history of the German middle class in the nineteenth century, Jeffry Diefendorf studies in detail the political, social, and economic behavior of three business communities on the Left Bank of the Rhine between 1789 and 1834.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

A Note on Manuscript Sources and Abbreviations

1. Introduction

Part I. From the Old Regime to Union with France

2. The Old Regime on the Rhine

3. From Invasion to Annexation

Part II. French Rule on the Rhine

4. Businessmen, Politics, and Administration in Napoleonic France

5. Businessmen and the Politics of Semiofficial Institutions

6. The Integration of the Rhenish Business Community into France

Part III. Rhenish Business and Prussian Rule on the Rhine

7. Interregnum: Sack and the Introduction of Prussian Rule

8. Businessmen, Politics, and Administration in Prussia

9. Businessmen, Self-Administrative Institutions, and Prussian Politics

10. Conclusion: The Integration of the Rhenish Business Community into Prussia

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 1975.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691643359

0691643350

9780691616018

0691616019

9781400853786

1400853788

OCLC:

767545055