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1 online resource (305 pages). |
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Princeton Legacy Library
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Princeton legacy library.
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Cover. |
| Summary |
Throughout the 1800s the process of industrialization contributed to painful social upheaval and wrenching political readjustments in the Kingdom of Prussia, traditionally viewed as Europe's great, modernizing, economic leader. This book illuminates the early years of this transition by examining the contradictory economic policies adopted by the state after Prussia's defeat by Napoleon. A fascinating history of modernization emerges as Eric Dorn Brose explores competing visions among soldiers, businessmen, and bureaucrats, who, largely influenced by the ideals of classical antiquity, conce. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Note on Proper Names; Introduction; I. Rural Industrialization and the Bourgeois King; II. Liberal Brothers in Arms; III. The Aesthetic View from Pegasus; IV. The Spirit of the Corps; V. Spartans of the North; VI. The Masonic Vision; VII. No Man's Hand Could Halt the Cars; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Industrial policy -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century.
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Industrial policy. |
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Germany -- Prussia. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Technological innovations -- Government policy -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century.
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Industrialization.
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Prussia (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1806-1848.
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Technological innovations -- Government policy. |
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industrialization. |
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Industrialization. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany. |
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Politics and government. |
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1800-1899 |
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History.
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Print version: Brose, Eric Dorn. Politics of Technological Change in Prussia : Out of the Shadow of Antiquity, 1809-1848. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014 |
| ISBN |
9781400863068 (electronic book) |
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1400863066 (electronic book) |
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