LEADER 03781nam 22005411 450 001 9910155203903321 005 20250513220856.0 010 $a9781350000100 010 $a1350000108 010 $a9781350000087 010 $a1350000086 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350000100 035 $a(CKB)3710000000973886 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4773175 035 $a(OCoLC)967268685 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09260504 035 $a(PPN)227826892 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781350000100BC 035 $a(Perlego)804729 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000973886 100 $a20170227d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Kingdom of Württemberg and the making of Germany, 1815-1871 /$fBodie A. Ashton 210 1$a[London] :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 08$a9781350079700 311 08$a1350079707 311 08$a9781350000070 311 08$a1350000078 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. States and the Nation in the Late-Eighteenth and Early-Nineteenth Centuries -- 2. Independence and Early South German Particularism -- 3. Models of German Unification, 1815-1848 -- 4. The Years of Prophecy and Change, 1848-1849 -- 5. Counterrevolution, Reaction and Reappraisals, 1850-1859 -- 6. Six Years of Autumn, 1860-1866 -- 7. The Unification of Germany, 1866-1871 -- 8. Remembering and Forgetting Wu?rttemberg, 1871-1914 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"This book examines the 1871 unification of Germany through the prism of one of its 'forgotten states', the Kingdom of Wu?rttemberg. It moves beyond the traditional argument for the importance of the great powers of Austria and Prussia in controlling German destiny at this time. Bodie A. Ashton champions the significance of Wu?rttemberg and as a result all 38 German states in the unification process, noting that each had their own institutions and traditions that proved vital to the eventual shape of German unity. The Kingdom of Wu?rttemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871 demonstrates that the state's government was dynamic and in full control of its own policy-making throughout most of the 19th century, with Ashton showing a keen appreciation for the state's domestic development during the period. The book traces Wu?rttemberg's strong involvement in the national question, and how successive governments and monarchs in the state's capital of Stuttgart manoeuvred the country so as to gain the greatest advantage. It successfully argues that the shape of German unification was not inevitable, and was in fact driven largely by the desires of the Mittelstaaten, rather than the great powers; the eventual Reichsgru?ndung of January 1871 was merely the final step in a long series of negotiations, diplomatic manoeuvres and subterfuge, with Wu?rttemberg playing a vital, regional role. Making use of a wealth of primary sources, including telegrams, newspaper articles, diary entries, letters and government documents, this is a vitally important study for all scholars and students of 19th-century Germany."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $2European history 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1815-1866 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1866-1871 607 $aWu?rttemberg (Kingdom)$xPolitics and government 676 $a320.54094309034 700 $aAshton$b Bodie A.$01208719 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155203903321 996 $aThe Kingdom of Wu?rttemberg and the making of Germany, 1815-1871$92788753 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01596oas 2200565 a 450 001 9910145128903321 005 20251105213014.0 035 $a(DE-599)ZDB2467613-5 035 $a(OCoLC)640401366 035 $a(CONSER) 2010250741 035 $a(CKB)1000000000702211 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000702211 100 $a20081020a20089999 uf 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aResearch EU$iFocus 210 $aLuxembourg $cCORDIS Unit, Office of Official Publications of the European Communities$d©2008- 311 08$a1831-1903 517 3 $aFocus 606 $aResearch$zEuropean Union countries$vPeriodicals 606 $aResearch, Industrial$zEuropean Union countries$vPeriodicals 606 $aResearch$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01095153 606 $aResearch, Industrial$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01095378 607 $aEuropean Union countries$2fast 608 $aPeriodicals.$2fast 615 0$aResearch 615 0$aResearch, Industrial 615 7$aResearch. 615 7$aResearch, Industrial. 676 $a607.405 712 02$aEuropean Commission.$bCommunity Research and Development Information Service. 801 0$bSFB 801 1$bSFB 801 2$bBUF 801 2$bOCLCA 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bOCLCA 801 2$bOCLCF 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bAU@ 801 2$bOCL 801 2$bOCLCQ 906 $aJOURNAL 912 $a9910145128903321 996 $aResearch EU$92024264 997 $aUNINA