04575nam 22011534a 450 991078025080332120230617011933.01-283-27705-097866132770530-520-92852-010.1525/9780520928527(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 societyGermanyHistoryblack forest.bureaucracy.citizenship.civic culture.civil society.duchy of wurttemberg.europe.foucault.free market.free press.french revolution.german history.german identity.german southwest.germany.government.habermas.history.identity.intelligenzblatt.invasion.military.modes of power.napoleon.nation.nonfiction.occupation.resistance.schorndorf.schreiber.scribes.social networks.state authority.state power.war.welzheim.writing practices.writing.wurttemberg.BureaucracyHistory.Written communicationHistory.Civil societyHistory.300/.943/09033McNeely Ian F.1971-1473838MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780250803321The emancipation of writing3687165UNINA02917nam 2200637 a 450 991077896950332120230728021413.00-87013-908-80-585-18839-4(CKB)111004368747140(EBL)1768436(SSID)ssj0000163939(PQKBManifestationID)11162813(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163939(PQKBWorkID)10118832(PQKB)11485940(MiAaPQ)EBC3338134(OCoLC)44959440(MdBmJHUP)muse12657(MiAaPQ)EBC1768436(Au-PeEL)EBL3338134(CaPaEBR)ebr10514523(OCoLC)888748221(Au-PeEL)EBL1768436(EXLCZ)9911100436874714019940324d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlorying in tribulation the lifework of Sojourner Truth /Erlene Stetson, Linda DavidEast Lansing Michigan State University Press19941 online resource (255 p.)"A Michigan State University Press publisher's circle book"--T.p. verso.0-87013-337-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Speaking of Shadows; Chapter 2. The Country of the Slave; Chapter 3. The Claims of Human Brotherhood; Chapter 4. Sojourners; Chapter 5. I Saw The Wheat Holding Up Its Head; Chapter 6. Harvest Time for the Black Man, and Seed-Sowing Time for Woman: Nancy Works in the Cotton Field; Appendices; Bibliography; IndexIn Glorying in Tribulation, Stetson presents a new dimension of Sojourner Truth''s character. Much of the information regarding this oft-quoted African American woman is either the stuff of legend or is in dispute. This important new biography takes both legend and fact and sets them into a larger historical context. The authors utilize archival sources, and other forms of direct and indirect evidence to create a better understanding of Truth. We see her victories as well as her defeats--we see her as a real person. Truth comes alive in the pages of this book through her poignant, prophetic wAfrican American abolitionistsBiographyAbolitionistsUnited StatesBiographySocial reformersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American abolitionistsAbolitionistsSocial reformers305.5/67/092BStetson Erlene1949-1574955David Linda1574956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778969503321Glorying in tribulation3851563UNINA