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Bourgeois liberty and the politics of fear : from absolutism to neo-conservatism /

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In 1842 Heinrich Heine, the German poet, wrote that the bourgeoisie, 'obsessed by a nightmare apprehension of disaster' and 'an instinctive dread of communism', were driven against their better instincts into tolerating absolutist government. Theirs was a 'politics motivated...

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Main Author: Mulholland, Marc, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Europe > Politics and government > 1848-1871.
Europe > Politics and government > 1871-1918.
Middle class > Political activity > Europe > 19th century.
Middle class > Europe > History > 19th century.
Europe > Politique et gouvernement > 1848-1871.
Europe > Politique et gouvernement > 1871-1918.
Classes moyennes > Activité politique > Europe > 19e siècle.
Classes moyennes > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Middle class
Middle class > Political activity
Politics and government
Europe
1800-1918
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Absolutism and Transformation in England
  • Revolution, Restoration, and Reform
  • Holding Back the Tide
  • The Turning-Point
  • Liberalism and the State
  • Bismarck, Liberalism, and Socialism
  • Capitalism and Socialism
  • Democracy and State-Power
  • Revolution and the 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat'
  • Communism and Fascism
  • Popular Front and War
  • Cold War and the Fear of Subversion
  • The Pivot of '68: New Left and New Right
  • The Demise of the 'Red Menace'
  • Bright Bourgeois Morning.