Adapting to Modernity : : Family, Caste and Capitalism among the Baltic German Nobility / / Heide W. Whelan.

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Place / Publishing House:Köln : : Böhlau Verlag, , [2015]
©1999
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Reprint 2015
Language:English
Series:Ostmitteleuropa in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart ; 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource (404 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Map of the Baltic Provinces
  • Glossary
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter I: The Road to Privilege
  • Chapter II: The Social Status of the Baltic German Nobility
  • Chapter III: The Self-image of Baltic German Nobility
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter IV: Consolidation of Power: The Political and Legal Status of the Baltic German Nobility in the First Part of the Century (1800-1855) ..
  • Chapter V: The Economic Status and Position of Baltic German Nobility 1800-1855: Hard Time and Economic Innovation
  • Chapter VI: "Cult of Family" 1800-1855
  • Chapter VII: The Family as Progenitor of the Social System
  • Chapter VIII: Upbringing and Education
  • Chapter IX: In the Bonds of the Past
  • Chapter X: The Family Draws in upon Itself
  • Chapter XI: The Family Prepares its Children: 1855-1905
  • Chapter XII: From Ruling Stand to Economic Elite: The Nobility in the Modern World
  • Epilogue and Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Tables
  • List of Illustrations
  • Index