(Source: OUP)
Oxford
University Press has published a new book on statebuilding in Prussia after the
1848 revolutions.
ABOUT THE
BOOK
Beyond the Barricades is an original study of
government after the 1848 revolutions. It focuses on the state of Prussia,
where a number of conservative ministers sought to learn lessons from their
experiences of upheaval and introduce a wave of reform in the 1850s. Using
extensive archival research, the work explores Prussia's entry into the
constitutional age, charting initiatives to transform criminal justice,
agriculture, industry, communications, urban life, and the press. Reform
strengthened contact with the Prussian population, making this a classic episode
of state-building, but Beyond the Barricades seeks to go further. It makes a
case for taking notice of government activity at this particular juncture
because the measures endorsed by conservative statesmen in the 1850s sought to
remove the feudal intermediaries that had lingered long into the nineteenth
century and replace them with an array of government institutions, legal
regimes, and official practices. In sum, this book recasts the
post-revolutionary decade as a period which saw the transition from an old to a
new world, pivotal to the making of modern Prussia and ultimately, modern
Germany.
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
Anna Ross, Associate Professor,
University of Warwick
Anna Ross is Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Warwick. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge, and later held a Junior Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. At Warwick, she is a member of the European History Research Centre, and the Global History and Culture Centre.
Anna Ross is Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Warwick. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge, and later held a Junior Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. At Warwick, she is a member of the European History Research Centre, and the Global History and Culture Centre.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Cabinets, Constitutions, and Parliamentary Representation
2. Bureaucratic Geographies of the State
3. Crime and Punishment
4. Agriculture, Industry, and Communications
5. Cities and Urban Life
6. Public Opinion and Press Management
Conclusion
1. Cabinets, Constitutions, and Parliamentary Representation
2. Bureaucratic Geographies of the State
3. Crime and Punishment
4. Agriculture, Industry, and Communications
5. Cities and Urban Life
6. Public Opinion and Press Management
Conclusion
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