Research Catalog

Title

Austria, Prussia and the making of Germany, 1806-1871 / John Breuilly.

Author

Breuilly, John, 1946-

Publication

Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson/Longman, 2011.

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Description

xxxvi, 196 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

The German state created in 1871 is often presented as the preordained offspring of resurgent nationalist sentiment and Prussian power. John Breuilly here contests this account and looks closely at the role of Austria, which was dominant within the German lands for much of the nineteenth century, as well as the part played by other German states. He argues that German nationalism was an effect of nation-state formation as much as its cause; that a Prussian-led unification was highly unlikely until the 1860s; and that dimly understood and rapidly changing circumstances then came to favor Prussia, although the particular way unification happened remained a matter of chance to the very end. -- From publisher's description.

Series Statement

Seminar studies in history

Subject

• 1815-1871
• 1800-1850
• 1850-1860
• 1860-1870
• Germany > History > 1815-1866
• Germany > History > 1866-1871
• Prussia (Germany) > History > 1815-1870
• Austria > History > 1848-1867

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Rev. ed. of: The formation of the first German nation-state, 1800-1871.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. From Defeat to Triumph, 1806-1815 -- 3. Cooperative Domination, 1815-1848 -- 4. Austria and Prussia Lose Control, 1848-1849 -- 5. Counter-Revolution, Cooperation and Conflict, 1849-1858 -- 6. From Cooperation to War, 1858-1866 -- 7. The Definitive Exclusion of Austria from Germany, 1867-1871 -- 8. Comparing Austria and Prussia. 9. Conclusion -- Documents.

ISBN

9781408272763 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2011001747

OCLC

• 698029480
• SCSB-12547976

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library