03517nam 22007094a 450 991045559350332120211022214558.01-283-27705-097866132770530-520-92852-01-59734-591-110.1525/9780520928527(CKB)111087027178656(EBL)223488(OCoLC)475928131(SSID)ssj0000145624(PQKBManifestationID)11158178(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145624(PQKBWorkID)10183129(PQKB)10371581(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056140(MiAaPQ)EBC223488(DE-B1597)519387(OCoLC)52999522(DE-B1597)9780520928527(MiAaPQ)EBC523734(Au-PeEL)EBL223488(CaPaEBR)ebr10050799(CaONFJC)MIL327705(EXLCZ)9911108702717865620020603d2003 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe emancipation of writing[electronic resource] German civil society in the making, 1790's-1820's /Ian F. McNeelyBerkeley University of California Pressc20031 online resource (348 p.)Studies on the history of society and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-23330-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-323) and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Civic Landscape --2. The Tutelage of the Scribes --3. The Black Forest Cahier --4. Constitutional Fetishism --5. Transcending "Textual Serfdom" --6. Reading, Writing, and Reform --7. Cataloging the Social World --8. The Intelligence Gazettes --Conclusion --Glossary --Abbreviations --Notes --Sources --IndexThe Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions. Ian F. McNeely reveals that Germany's notoriously oppressive bureaucracy, when viewed through the writing practices that were its lifeblood, could also function as a site of citizenship. Citizens, acting under the mediation of powerful local scribes, practiced their freedoms in written engagements with the state. Their communications laid the basis for civil society, showing how social networks commonly associated with the free market, the free press, and the voluntary association could also take root in powerful state institutions.Studies on the history of society and culture.BureaucracyGermanyHistoryWritten communicationGermanyHistoryCivil societyGermanyHistoryElectronic books.BureaucracyHistory.Written communicationHistory.Civil societyHistory.300/.943/09033McNeely Ian F.1971-1056048MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455593503321The emancipation of writing2490091UNINA