German Nationalism and Religious Conflict: Culture, Ideology, Politics, 1870-1914

by Helmut Walser Smith

Book Overview

The German Empire of 1871, although unified politically, remained deeply divided along religious lines. In German Nationalism and Religious Conflict, Helmut Walser Smith offers the first social, cultural, and political history of this division. He argues that Protestants and Catholics lived in different worlds, separated by an "invisible boundary" of culture, defined as a community of meaning.

As these worlds came into contact, they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691633584
• ISBN13: 9780691633589
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"