Soul of Commerce: Credit, Property, And Politics in Leipzig, 1750-1840 (Studies in Central European Histories, 34)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0391041428 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorRobert Beachy, Ph.D. . (1998) in History, University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of History at Goucher College. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German social and cultural history and has also edited several volumes of essays
Robert Beachy, Ph.D. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German social and cultural history and has also edited several volumes of essays. (1998) in History, University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of History at Goucher College.
A deep and scholarly analysis of the origins of liberal democracy in Germany Professor Beachy's book counters a long scholarly tradition that discounts the importance of bourgeois urban life and politics on the development of liberal politics in Germany. He makes a compelling case that the political dynamics of Old Regime Leipzing, which emerged from local practical politics about taxation and private property, had a profouind effect not only on Leipzig a
The study presents extensive archival research to develop a careful account of Leipzig’s social and political history and then argues persuasively that the city played a catalytic role in the introduction of a Saxon constitutional monarchy after 1830. The volume emphasizes the role of pre-modern urban political and legal norms in shaping the first liberal reforms in nineteenth-century Germany.. Focusing on Electoral Saxony, the analysis demonstrates how the commercial city of Leipzig shaped the Saxon Enlightenment and then ha