Social Foundations of German Unification, 1858-1871, Volume II : : Struggles and Accomplishments / / Theodore S. Hamerow.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Hamerow, Theodore S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1454
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (468 p.)

This volume, together with its predeccessor (Ideas and Institutions, 1969), is an examinataion of the social and economic foreces that helped shape Germany in the mid-nineteenth century. The previous volume established the ideological and institutional framework; in Struggles and Accomplishments Mr. Hamerow discussess, within that framework, the forma nd achievement of German unification.Using documentation from business, artisan, and workers' organizations, the press, and government archives, Mr. Hamerow considers the changes effected by the growth of an industrial society: among them, the new, mid-century confrontation between the established order (the crown and aristocracy) and the advocates of change (the propertied and educated bourgeoisie). The German Empire was, lie shows, the product of an unwritten compromise between the two groups, ready now to sacrifice the ideological principles that separated them for economic and political expediency.Originally published in 1972.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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One: The New Era -- 1. The Challenge to Authority -- 2. The Breakthrough of Industrialism -- 3. Commercial Policy and Political Hegemony -- Part Two: The Road to Compromise -- 4. The Constitutional Conflict -- 5. The Economics of Expediency -- 6. The German Revolution -- Part Three: The Triumph of Nationalism -- 7. The Framework of Government -- 8. The Fruits of Victory -- 9. Founding the Empire -- Alphabetical List of Cited Works -- Index