State-making in an age of revolution, 1830-1880 / edited by Anna Ross and Christos Aliprantis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aliprantis, Christos, editor.

Ross, Anna (Associate professor of modern European history), editor.

Series:

Proceedings of the British Academy ; 271.

Proceedings of the British Academy, 0068-1202 ; 271

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nation-building--History--19th century.

Nation-building.

State, The--History--19th century.

State, The.

Europe--Politics and government--1789-1900.

Europe.

State, The--History.

Physical Description:

x, 303 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : British Academy, 2025.

Summary:

How did states expand in the mid-nineteenth century? While scholars now associate the period after the 1848 revolutions with a striking increase in state activity, few have demonstrated how new state-building measures were put into practice. From France to Hungary and Scandinavia to Spain, State-Making in An Age of Revolution shows how officials went about implementing reform. With original contributions grounded in extensive archival research, this volume casts light on the scale at which officials relied on elites, professionals, and technical experts both inside and outside of government - and even from outside their own states - to carry out their expanding work. Together, these findings help us to re-think the reach and nature of growing states during these pivotal decades of change.

Contents:

Part I: Centralisation

Public Finance and the Limits of Centralisation in France, 1840-70 / JEROME GREENFIELD

The Emperor's Desk: Public Service in the Habsburg Monarchy and the Role of the Emperor / PETER BECKER AND JANA OSTERKAMP

Part II: Establishing Collaboration in Provinces

Unity, Uniformity, and Strict Discipline? State Police Surveillance in Hungary, 1849-60 / ÁGNES DEÁK

'A Dead Letter in the Hands of Local Authorities'? Implementing Public Health Legislation in French Provincial Cities, 1850-60 / WILL CLEMENT

Synchronising State and Society: Germany in the Networked Age / JEAN-MICHEL JOHNSTON

Part III: Working across Borders

An Open Border for Two Bordered States: Basque Disputes and the Remaking of the Franco-Spanish Frontier, 1829-56 / TALITHA ILACQUA

Between Local Communities and Interstate Police Cooperation: The Intendenti on the Border of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies / LAURA DI FIORE

Monks, Revolutionaries, and the 'Frivolity of Closing the Border': The Austro-Swiss Conflict of 1853-1855 and the International Policing of Dissent / HELÉNA TÓTH

Part IV: Contesting Sovereignty

Unification or State Formation? Norwegian Officers as Union Deconstructors, 1830-70 / ROALD BERG

Extraterritoriality, Political Policing, and Military Intelligence in Central Europe, 1815-71 / CHRISTOS ALIPRANTIS

The French Military Occupation in the Papal States, 1849-66: Imperialism and Sovereignty at the time of Italian Unification / ALESSANDRO CAPONE

The Mixed Courts of Egypt: A Reform Come True or European Trojan Horse? An Imbalanced Struggle over Statehood, Territoriality, and the Rule of Law in Egypt, 1840-82 / BEATRICE DE GRAAF.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781836245629

1836245629

OCLC:

1523907264

Publisher Number:

CIPO000262632