Urban Liberalism In Imperial Germany

Author : Jan Palmowski
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191542849
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Liberalism in Imperial Germany written by Jan Palmowski and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates about Liberalism in imperial Germany have focused almost exclusively on the national level. This book investigates liberal politics in local government; the only sphere in which liberals had direct access to power throughout Germany. Through the study of one of Germany's most progressive cities, Frankfurt am Main, Jan Palmowski examines more generally the processes of politicization and policy formulation at the local level. He argues that in Frankfurt as elsewhere, local affairs had become politicized not around 1900, as is generally assumed, but by the 1870s. Once in power, the liberals' concern for religion, social policy, and education, as well as their skilful use of fiscal policy shows that liberals in Germany were as sophisticated as liberals in Britain or France. Even in the face of an authoritarian state structure, German liberals received and made use of freedom for renewal and reform. German liberalism was not inherently weak. Instead, the crucial problem lay in the country's complicated federal structure, which made it impossible to transfer innovations from the local level to the state and national levels.

Author : Alastair Thompson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191542334
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Left Liberals, the State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany written by Alastair Thompson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-11-16 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although often viewed as ineffectual intellectuals, or a spent political force, Left Liberals had become the third largest party in German politics by 1914 and in the German Revolution of 1918/19 it was Left Liberals who effectively wrote the new Weimar constitution. This study, based on extensive original research, investigates Left Liberals in the locality, as well as at the national level, with case studies ranging from Kiel to Kattowitz. Overturning old notions of German liberalism as the helpless victim of mass mobilization and political polarization, it is central to understanding both increasing left liberal influence and support on the eve of the First World War, and why liberal values could not be consolidated after 1918. This study has powerful general implications for the history of imperial Germany, reassessing the role of political parties, public perceptions of politics, and the impact and character of the state.

Author : Konrad H. Jarausch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of a Liberal Germany written by Konrad H. Jarausch and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1990-10-03 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical re-examination by American, British and German historians of the history of German liberalism exploring the interconnections between liberal currents in culture, society, and politics. By focusing on local and regional developments, this collection also suggests that the failure of German liberalism was by no means as complete or as widespread as the traditional literature has tended to argue.

Author : Larry E. Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608020648
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Liberalism and the Dissolution of the Weimar Party System, 1918-1933 written by Larry E. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Larry Eugene Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Liberalism and the Dissolution of the Weimar Party System, 1918-1933 written by Larry Eugene Jones and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jones offers a detailed and comprehensive overview of the development and decline of the German Democratic party and the German People's party from 1918 to 1933. In tracing the impact of World War I, the runaway inflation to the 1920s, and the Great Depression of the 1930s upon Germany's middle-class electorate, the study demonstrates why the forces of liberalism were ineffective in preventing the rise of nazism and the establishment of the Third Reich. Originally published in 1988. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Dieter Langewiesche
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberalism in Germany written by Dieter Langewiesche and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 19th century, German liberalism grew into a powerful movement vociferous in its demands for the freedom of the individual and for political reform. This volume traces the development of German liberalism in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Author : James J. Sheehan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Career of Lujo Brentano; a Study of Liberalism and Social Reform in Imperial Germany written by James J. Sheehan and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew P. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845455200
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberal Imperialism in Germany written by Matthew P. Fitzpatrick and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a work based on new archival, press, and literary sources, the author revises the picture of German imperialism as being the brainchild of a Machiavellian Bismarck or the "conservative revolutionaries" of the twentieth century. Instead, Fitzpatrick argues for the liberal origins of German imperialism, by demonstrating the links between nationalism and expansionism in a study that surveys the half century of imperialist agitation and activity leading up to the official founding of Germany's colonial empire in 1884.

Author : Matthew Jefferies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317043219
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Imperial Germany written by Matthew Jefferies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Germany's imperial era (1871-1918) continues to attract both scholars and the general public alike. The American historian Roger Chickering has referred to the historiography on the Kaiserreich as an 'extraordinary body of historical scholarship', whose quality and diversity stands comparison with that of any other episode in European history. This Companion is a significant addition to this body of scholarship with the emphasis very much on the present and future. Questions of continuity remain a vital and necessary line of historical enquiry and while it may have been short-lived, the Kaiserreich remains central to modern German and European history. The volume allows 25 experts, from across the globe, to write at length about the state of research in their own specialist fields, offering original insights as well as historiographical reflections, and rounded off with extensive suggestions for further reading. The chapters are grouped into five thematic sections, chosen to reflect the full range of research being undertaken on imperial German history today and together offer a comprehensive and authoritative reference resource. Overall this collection will provide scholars and students with a lively take on this fascinating period of German history, from the nation’s unification in 1871 right up until the end of World War I.

Author : Andrew Lees
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472112586
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cities, Sin, and Social Reform in Imperial Germany written by Andrew Lees and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important examination of the colorful histories of urbanization and social reform in Imperial Germany