The course of German nationalism
Subtitle: from Frederick the Great to Bismarck, 1763-1867
By: Hagen Schulze ; translated by Sarah Hanbury-Tenison.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Nationalism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century; Germany -- History -- 1848-1870; Germany -- History -- 1789-1900
Description: The arduous path from the colorful diversity of the Holy Roman Empire to the Prussian-dominated German nation-state, Bismarck's German Empire of 1871, led through revolutions, wars and economic upheavals, but also through the cultural splendor of German Classicism and Romanticism. Hagen Schulze takes a fresh look at late eighteenth and nineteenth century German history, explaining it as the interaction of revolutionary forces from below and from above, of economics, politics, and culture. None of the results were predetermined, and yet their outcome was of momentous significance for all of Europe, if not the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: Der Weg zum Nationalstaat. Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag, 1985.
Translation of: Der Weg zum Nationalstaat.