Defining Germany
Subtitle: The 1848 Frankfurt Parliamentarians and National Identity (Harvard Historical Studies)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: November 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780674009110
Subjects: Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; c 1800 to c 1900; Deutsche Nationalversammlung; Political Process - General; History - General History; Germany; Political Science; Europe - Germany; Western Europe - General; History / Europe / Western; History; Civil rights; Constitutions; Legislative bodies; (1848-1849 :; Cultural studies; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Political science & theory; Constitutional Law; Germany - History; History: American; 19th century; Constitutional history; Frankfurt am Main; Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Description: "In a unique blend of political, intellectual, and cultural history, Brian Vick explores the world of German nationalism during the first half of the nineteenth century. Vick first presents an original investigation of German conceptions of nationhood in these decades before moving on to analyze the efforts of deputies at the Frankfurt Constituent National Assembly to construct a German national state based on the ethnically diverse German Confederation.

He examines debates over fundamental issues that included citizenship qualifications, minority liguistic rights, Jewish emancipation, and territorial disputes, and offers valuable insights into nineteenth-century liberal opinion on the Jewish Question, language policy, and ideas of race."--BOOK JACKET.