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Rebellious Prussians : Urban Political Culture under Frederick the Great and His Successors by Florian Schui (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199593965
ISBN-139780199593965
eBay Product ID (ePID)159922750
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRebellious Prussians : Urban Political Culture under Frederick the Great and His Successors
SubjectEurope / Germany, General, Europe / General
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorFlorian Schui
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.2 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-431548
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Schui has successfully shown that examining resistance to fiscal and religious policy, rather than simply the glamour of eighteenth-century political radicalism, can inform us about Prussian and European history on a deep, engaging and critical level." --David Taylor (University of Tasmania), European History Quarterly, Vol. 47
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal943.053
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. The paradoxes of state building2. Urban navel gazing3. Official perspectives on the towns4. Taxation and its discontents5. Religion and the state6. A Prussian on libertyConclusion: 'Le Sonderweg est mort, vive le Sonderweg?'BibliographyIndex
SynopsisChallenges the accepted view that an oppressive Prussian state cast a shadow on the development of civil society and sheds light on a little-known historical reality in which weak Hohenzollern monarchs - and a still weaker Prussian bureaucracy - were confronted with prosperous, fearless, and argumentative Prussian burghers., Prussian discipline is legendary. Central to debates about modern German history is the view that an oppressive Prussian state cast a shadow on the development of civil society. In particular, historians have seen the absence of a revolution in the eighteenth century as a symptom of a delayed and incomplete emancipation of the Prussian bourgeoisie. Prussia's urban dwellers have often been portrayed as poor relations of the self-reliant and assertive bourgeois of Western Europe and the Atlantic world. Economically backward and politically oppressed, they were allegedly in no position to challenge the iron grip of the state and question the authority of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Drawing from extensive and original research, Florian Schui challenges the accepted view and argues that Prussians in the eighteenth century were much more willing to challenge the state than has been recognised. Schui explores several instances where urban Prussians successfully resisted government policies and forced Frederick the Great and his successors to give in to their demands. Rebellious Prussians thus sheds light on a little-known historical reality in which weak Hohenzollern monarchs--and a still weaker Prussian bureaucracy--were confronted with prosperous, fearless, argumentative, and occasionally violent Prussian burghers. Such conflicts between state and citizens were by no means unique to Prussia. Rather the events in Prussia were, on many levels, connected to similar contemporary developments in other parts of Europe and North America. Florian Schui systematically explores these links and thus develops a new European and Atlantic perspective on Prussian history in the eighteenth century., Prussian discipline is legendary. Central to debates about modern German history is the view that an oppressive Prussian state cast a shadow on the development of civil society. In particular, historians have seen the absence of a revolution in the eighteenth century as a symptom of a delayed and incomplete emancipation of the Prussian bourgeoisie. Prussia's urban dwellers have often been portrayed as poor relations of the self-reliant and assertive bourgeois of Western Europe and the Atlantic world. Economically backward and politically oppressed, they were allegedly in no position to challenge the iron grip of the state and question the authority of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Drawing from extensive and original research, Florian Schui challenges the accepted view and argues that Prussians in the eighteenth century were much more willing to challenge the state than has been recognised. Schui explores several instances where urban Prussians successfully resisted government policies and forced Frederick the Great and his successors to give in to their demands. Rebellious Prussians thus sheds light on a little-known historical reality in which weak Hohenzollern monarchs - and a still weaker Prussian bureaucracy - were confronted with prosperous, fearless, argumentative, and occasionally violent Prussian burghers.Such conflicts between state and citizens were by no means unique to Prussia. Rather the events in Prussia were, on many levels, connected to similar contemporary developments in other parts of Europe and North America. Florian Schui systematically explores these links and thus develops a new European and Atlantic perspective on Prussian history in the eighteenth century.
LC Classification NumberDD397
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