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Record Nr.

UNISA996589772603316

Autore

Weaver Michael

Titolo

Political Friendship : Liberal Notables, Networks, and the Pursuit of the German Nation State, 1848-1866 / / Michael Weaver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , [2024]

©2024

ISBN

1-80539-284-0

1-80539-285-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Studies in German History ; ; 29

Disciplina

943.076

Soggetti

Friendship - Germany - History - 19th century

Intellectuals - Political activity - Germany - History - 19th century

Political culture - Germany - History - 19th century

HISTORY / Europe / Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Friendly Preconditions -- Chapter 2 Political Friendship and State Repression, 1851–1858 -- Chapter 3 Political Friendship in Power, 1858–1862 -- Chapter 4 Political Friendship and Political Crisis, 1863–1866 -- Chapter 5 Personal Pasts as National History -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Between periods of revolution, state repression, and war across Central and Western Europe from the 1840s through the 1860s, German liberals practiced politics beyond the more well-defined realms of voluntary associations, state legislatures, and burgeoning political parties. Political Friendship approaches 19th century German history’s trajectory to unification through the lens of academics, journalists, and artists who formed close personal relationships with one another and with powerful state leaders. Michael Weaver argues that German liberals thought with their friends by demonstrating the previously neglected aspects of political friendship were central to German political culture.