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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464626003321

Autore

Carsten F. L (Francis Ludwig)

Titolo

Essays in German history / / F.L. Carsten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Hambledon Press, , 1985

ISBN

1-4411-3272-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

History series ; ; 50

Disciplina

943

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Germany History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Slavs in North-Eastern Germany; 2 The Origins of the Junkers; 3 Social Movements in the Pomeranian Towns from the Fourteenth Century to the Reformation; 4 The Peasants War of 1525 in East Prussia; 5 Was there an Economic Decline in Germany before the Thirty Years War?; 6 The States General and the Estates of Cleves about the Middle of the Seventeenth Century; 7 The Empire after the Thirty Years War; 8 The Causes of the Decline of the German Estates; 9 The Court Jews: Prelude to Emancipation; 10 Prussian Despotism at its Height

11 British Diplomacy and the Giant Grenadiers of Frederick William I12 Britain and Prussia; 13 From Scharnhorst to Schleicher: The Prussian Officer Corps in Politics, 1806-1933; 14 The Historical Roots of National Socialism; 15 Bismarck and the Prussian Liberals; 16 August Bebel; 17 The Forerunners of National Socialism in Austria; 18 Rosa Luxemburg, Freedom and Revolution; 19 Revolutionary Situations in Europe, 1917-1920; 20 Arthur Rosenberg: Ancient Historian into Leading Communist; 21 ''Volk ohne Raum'': A Note on Hans Grimm; 22 Radical Nationalist Officers contra Hitler

23 Interpretations of FascismIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

F.L. Carsten has probably been the most influential historian of Germany  writing in English over the past forty years. His work is remarkable  for its ability to span the course of German history from



the late  middle ages to the present. This book brings together a substantial  collection of Professor Carsten''s work that has appeared as articles.