Defining Germany: The 1848 Frankfurt Parliamentarians and National Identity

by Brian E. Vick

In a unique blend of political, intellectual, and cultural history, Brian Vick explores the world of German nationalism during the first half of the nineteenth century. Vick first presents an original investigation of German conceptions of nationhood in these decades before moving on to analyze the efforts of deputies at the Frankfurt Constituent National Assembly to construct a German national state based on the ethnically diverse German Confederation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674009118
• ISBN13: 9780674009110
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.8"