Rebellious Prussians urban political culture under Frederick the Great and his successors

This work challenges the accepted view that an oppressive Prussian state casts 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,...

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Main Author: Schui, Florian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This work challenges the accepted view that an oppressive Prussian state casts 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
Physical Description:1 online resource ill
ISBN:9780191750724