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Auteur(s) : Ashton, Bodie A.
Titre(s) : The kingdom of Württemberg and the making of Germany, 1815-1871 [Texte imprimé] / Bodie A. Ashton
Publication : London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVIII-221 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Comprend : List of figures ; List of maps ; Acknowledgements ; Note on translation ; list
of abbreviations ; Introduction ; States and the nation in the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries ; Independence and early south German particularism ;
Models of German unification, 1815-1848 ; The years of prophecy and change, 1848-1849
; Counterrevolution, reaction and reappraisals, 1850-1859 ; Six years of autumn,
1860-1866 ; The unification of Germany, 1866-1871 ; Remembering and forgetting Württemberg,
1871-1914 ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-211) and index
"This book examines the 1871 unification of Germany through the prism of one of its
'forgotten states', the Kingdom of Württemberg. It moves beyond the traditional argument
for the importance of the great powers of Austria and Prussia in controlling German
destiny at this time. Bodie A. Ashton champions the significance of Württemberg and
as a result all 38 German states in the unification process, noting that each had
their own institutions and traditions that proved vital to the eventual shape of German
unity. The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871 demonstrates
that the state's government was dynamic and in full control of its own policy-making
throughout most of the 19th century, with Ashton showing a keen appreciation for the
state's domestic development during the period. The book traces Württemberg's strong
involvement in the national question, and how successive governments and monarchs
in the state's capital of Stuttgart manoeuvred the country so as to gain the greatest
advantage. It successfully argues that the shape of German unification was not inevitable,
and was in fact driven largely by the desires of the Mittelstaaten, rather than the
great powers; the eventual Reichsgründung of January 1871 was merely the final step
in a long series of negotiations, diplomatic manoeuvres and subterfuge, with Württemberg
playing a vital, regional role. Making use of a wealth of primary sources, including
telegrams, newspaper articles, diary entries, letters and government documents, this
is a vitally important study for all scholars and students of 19th-century Germany."
Sujet(s) : Nationalisme -- Wurtemberg (Allemagne) -- 19e siècle
Allemagne -- 1815-1866
Allemagne -- 1866-1871
Wurtemberg (Allemagne) -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1350000078. - ISBN 9781350000070. - ISBN 9781350000094 (erroné). - ISBN 9781350000087
(erroné) (rel.)
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Notice n° :
FRBNF45227947
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