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Informationen zum Autor Stefan Berger is Professor of Modern German and Comparative European History at the University of Manchester. He is the author of numerous books, including Inventing the Nation: Germany (2004), Social Democracy and the Working Class in Nineteenth and Twentieth-century Germany (2000), and The Search for Normality: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany Since 1800 (1997, second edition, 2003). He is co-editor of, among other works, Writing History: Theory and Practice (co-author, 2003), Historikerdialoge (2003), Writing National Histories: Western Europe Since 1800 (1999), and Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe (2002). Klappentext This Companion provides an overview of European history during the 'long' nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914.* Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars* Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns* Covers both Eastern and Western European states, including Britain* Pays considerable attention to smaller countries as well as to the great powers* Compares particular phenomena and developments across Europe Zusammenfassung This Companion provides an overview of European history during the "long" nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914. * Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars. * Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors x Maps xiv Introduction xvii Stefan Berger P art I The Idea of "Europeanness" and the Construction of European Identity 1 1 Insiders and Outsiders: Borders in Nineteenth-Century Europe 3 Bo Stråth 2 Visual Representations of Europe in the Nineteenth Century: The Age of Nationalism and Imperialism 11 Michael Wintle P art II Agriculture, Industry, and Social Change 29 3 Rural Society and Agricultural Revolution 31 Hamish Graham 4 Industrial Revolution, Commerce, and Trade 44 Robert Lee 5 Demography, Urbanization, and Migration 56 Robert Lee 6 Lords and Peasants 70 Carl Levy 7 Bourgeois Society 86 Pamela Pilbeam 8 The Disappearance of the Traditional Artisan 98 James R. Farr 9 The Social Condition of the Working Class 109 Jutta Schwarzkopf P art III Political Developments 123 10 Revolutions and Revolutionaries: Histories, Concepts, and Myths 125 Sharif Gemie 11 The Rise of the Modern Leviathan: State Functions and State Features 137 Jörn Leonhard 12 The Democratic Experience 149 John Garrard 13 Labor Movements 164 Stefan Berger 14 National Movements 178 Stefan Berger 15 The "Woman Question" 193 Kathleen Canning P art IV Intellectual Developments and Religion 209 16 Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Conservatism, and Socialism 211 Edmund Neill 17 Social Darwinism and Race 224 Mike Hawkins 18 The Age of Catholic Revival 236 Oded Heilbronner 19 Protestantism 248 Anthony J. Steinhoff 20 Orthodoxy 262 Shane P. O'Rourke 21 The Jews: A European Minority 274 David Rechter P art V Cultural Developments 289 22 European Culture in the Nineteenth Century 291 James A. Winders 23 Schooling: Culture and the State 304 Sharif Gemie 24 The Age of Historism 316 Matthew Jefferies
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