The Emancipation of Writing: German Civil Society in the Making, 1790s-1820s Volume 48

by Ian F. McNeely

Book Overview

The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions. Ian F. McNeely reveals that Germany's notoriously oppressive bureaucracy, when viewed through the writing practices...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520233301
• ISBN13: 9780520233300
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.5"