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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191651045 0191651044 9781299132788 1299132782 9780191750724 0191750727 |