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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815735203321

Autore

Crosby Margaret Barber

Titolo

The making of a German constitution [[electronic resource] ] : a slow revolution / / Margaret Barber Crosby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; New York, NY, : Berg, c2008

ISBN

1-282-28614-5

9786612286148

1-84788-351-6

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

342.43009

342.4302/9

Soggetti

Constitutional history - Germany

Civil law - Germany - History

Civil law - Germany - Codification - History

Nationalism - Germany - History

Germany Politics and government 1848-1870

Germany Politics and government 1871-1933

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

Preface; Introduction; 1 Prelude to Modern Germany; 2 Toward a German Nation; 3 Images of the Gemeinwesen; 4 Undermining Absolutism; 5 A Century of Promise; 6 Last Bastion; 7 Discontent in the Bürgerliche Society 1900-1933; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the important place of the theory and practice of private law (civil law) in the transformation of Modern Germany's fin-de-siecle constitutional arrangements. This book offers a thought-provoking and novel understanding of German political development.