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1 online resource (500 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Princeton Legacy Library
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Intellectual Traditions; Part II. Liberals in Search of Elites; Part III. Conservatives in Search of Elites |
| Summary |
Since the beginning of the current era of imperialism in the late nineteenth century, there has been a striking contrast between bourgeois political thought in Germany and the West. Walter Struve demonstrates how German political culture went through a phase in which great emphasis was placed on the establishment of a new political elite recruited on the basis of merit and skill, but ruling in an authoritarian way, and not controlled by the populace. He suggests that this type of elitism, many aspects of which were vital to the political culture of Nazi Germany, seems today to be widespread i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Political science -- Germany -- History.
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Political science. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Elite (Social sciences) |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Struve, Walter, 1935- Elites against democracy : leadership ideals in bourgeois political thought in Germany, 1890-1933. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c1973 xi, 486 pages Princeton legacy library. 9780691618890 (OCoLC)661616 |
| ISBN |
9781400871292 electronic book |
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1400871298 electronic book |
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9780691618890 |
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9780691100203 |
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9780691075556 |
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