State Formation in Early Modern Alsace, 1648-1789

by Stephen A. Lazer

Alsace, a contested borderland region with a long and obdurate German heritage, first became part of France after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Stephen Lazer's deeply researched book analyzes this history, focusing on Alsace itself rather than on the usual dichotomy between periphery and center. Lazer's narrative reveals how the French monarchy transformed this fractured borderland, which possessed neither fixed borders nor representative institutions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580469531
• ISBN13: 9781580469531
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"