Popular Culture and the Public Sphere in the Rhineland, 1800-1850

by James M. Brophy

Book Overview

The age of revolution challenged the ancien r gime's political world, introducing Europeans to fresh ideals of citizenship. German society was no less affected. Following the Napoleonic era, a political culture of partisan choice undermined the official restoration of absolutism. Bourgeois and popular classes took part in the political landscape of civil society, producing an impressive social base for participatory politics by the 1830s. Because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123925
• ISBN13: 9780521123921
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"