Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany : : Conquest, Incorporation, and Integration.

• Superior document: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850 Series
• Author: van der Burg, Martijn.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850 Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (172 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Napoleonic Governance and the Integration of Europe -- Empire-building and Its Limits -- Napoleonic Governance in the Regions -- Historiography on Napoleon and Europe -- German Historiography -- Dutch Historiography -- Transregional Perspectives -- Questions of Definition -- Chapter 2: Revolution and Warfare: The North Before Conquest -- Warfare and the Shaping of Nation-states -- Absolutism and Republicanism -- Exporting the Revolution -- Revolutionary Republicans in the North -- The First Consul and Europe -- The Reorganization of Germany North of the Rhine -- Blueprints for Napoleonic Governance in Europe -- Chapter 3: Conquest and Incorporation: Pays Conquis or Pays Réunies? -- Between Coercion and Cooperation -- Emperors and Kings -- Last Strongholds of Republicanism -- The Incorporation of the Netherlands and Northwest Germany -- Napoleon's Droit de Conquête -- Pays Réunies, Under Conditions -- Chapter 4: Intermediary Bodies of Governance -- From Conquest to Incorporation -- Instruments of Empire-building: The Gouvernements généraux -- General-Governors: Lebrun and Davout -- The Intendants -- Conflicting Mandates -- Development of the Intermediary Bodies -- Between Center and Periphery -- Chapter 5: Prefects: 'Tools of Conquest' -- The Prefectoral System -- Recruiting Prefects -- Before Incorporation -- The Dutch South of the Rhine -- Prefects in the Départements de la Hollande -- In Between the Netherlands and Germany -- Prefects in the Hanseatic Departments -- Circulation of Préfets -- Napoleonic Prefects Compared -- Chapter 6: Subprefects: (Trans)Regional Tools of Integration? -- Balancing Interests -- Recruiting Subprefects for the North -- Rallying the Local Elites -- Dutch Locals.

German Locals -- Appointing Foreign Subprefects -- Foreign Subprefects in the Dutch Departments -- Foreign Subprefects in the Northwest German Departments -- Circulation of Subprefects Across the Empire -- Potential Tools of Integration -- Chapter 7: Conclusions: Incomplete Integration -- The View from the Regions -- The Collapse of Napoleonic Rule in the North -- Napoleonic Foundations for the New States? -- The Low Countries -- Former Napoleonic Germany -- Degrees of Completeness -- Index.