Author: Qian Jinfei
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433178306
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Based on relevant research from domestic and foreign academic circles, this book focuses on the path choices and transition of the main political forces of Germany (emperors, vassals, imperial cities, and farmers) in the early modern political and social transformation process in the 15-18th century, as well as the impact of this transition on the historical development of Germany after the 19th century. In this book, the author puts forward his own thoughts on the theory of "German special path", thereby revealing the "continuity" of the historical development of Germany. This book is the first in China that systematically and comprehensively explores the early political and social transition of Germany in modern times, reflecting the understanding of Chinese scholars on the issues of early political and social transition of Germany in modern times and the theory of "Germany's special path""--
The Transitions of Politics and Society in Early Modern Germany
Author: Qian Jinfei
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433178306
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Based on relevant research from domestic and foreign academic circles, this book focuses on the path choices and transition of the main political forces of Germany (emperors, vassals, imperial cities, and farmers) in the early modern political and social transformation process in the 15-18th century, as well as the impact of this transition on the historical development of Germany after the 19th century. In this book, the author puts forward his own thoughts on the theory of "German special path", thereby revealing the "continuity" of the historical development of Germany. This book is the first in China that systematically and comprehensively explores the early political and social transition of Germany in modern times, reflecting the understanding of Chinese scholars on the issues of early political and social transition of Germany in modern times and the theory of "Germany's special path""--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433178306
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Based on relevant research from domestic and foreign academic circles, this book focuses on the path choices and transition of the main political forces of Germany (emperors, vassals, imperial cities, and farmers) in the early modern political and social transformation process in the 15-18th century, as well as the impact of this transition on the historical development of Germany after the 19th century. In this book, the author puts forward his own thoughts on the theory of "German special path", thereby revealing the "continuity" of the historical development of Germany. This book is the first in China that systematically and comprehensively explores the early political and social transition of Germany in modern times, reflecting the understanding of Chinese scholars on the issues of early political and social transition of Germany in modern times and the theory of "Germany's special path""--
Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany
Author: David M. Luebke
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857453769
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of “conversion.” One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset of the Reformation. Instead, a variety of processes, such as the consolidation of territories along confessional lines, attempts to ensure civic concord, and diplomatic quarrels helped to usher in new ideas about the nature of religious boundaries and, therefore, conversion. However conceptualized, religious change— conversion—had deep social and political implications for early modern German states and societies.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857453769
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of “conversion.” One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset of the Reformation. Instead, a variety of processes, such as the consolidation of territories along confessional lines, attempts to ensure civic concord, and diplomatic quarrels helped to usher in new ideas about the nature of religious boundaries and, therefore, conversion. However conceptualized, religious change— conversion—had deep social and political implications for early modern German states and societies.
Turkey in Transition: Politics, Society and Foreign Policy
Author: Ebru Canan Sokullu
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN: 9783631812235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book expands upon transitions in political and societal fabric of Turkey together with its eventual reorientation of foreign policy in broader regional and global contexts during the Justice and Freedom Party era.
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN: 9783631812235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book expands upon transitions in political and societal fabric of Turkey together with its eventual reorientation of foreign policy in broader regional and global contexts during the Justice and Freedom Party era.
Ecology, Economy and State Formation in Early Modern Germany
Author: Paul Warde
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113945773X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
This is an innovative analysis of the agrarian world and growth of government in early modern Germany through the medium of pre-industrial society's most basic material resource, wood. Paul Warde offers a regional study of south-west Germany from the late fifteenth to the early eighteenth century, demonstrating the stability of the economy and social structure through periods of demographic pressure, warfare and epidemic. He casts light on the nature of 'wood shortages' and societal response to environmental challenge, and shows how institutional responses largely based on preventing local conflict were poor at adapting to optimise the management of resources. Warde further argues for the inadequacy of models that oppose the 'market' to a 'natural economy' in understanding economic behaviour. This is a major contribution to debates about the sustainability of peasant society in early modern Europe, and to the growth of ecological approaches to history and historical geography.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113945773X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
This is an innovative analysis of the agrarian world and growth of government in early modern Germany through the medium of pre-industrial society's most basic material resource, wood. Paul Warde offers a regional study of south-west Germany from the late fifteenth to the early eighteenth century, demonstrating the stability of the economy and social structure through periods of demographic pressure, warfare and epidemic. He casts light on the nature of 'wood shortages' and societal response to environmental challenge, and shows how institutional responses largely based on preventing local conflict were poor at adapting to optimise the management of resources. Warde further argues for the inadequacy of models that oppose the 'market' to a 'natural economy' in understanding economic behaviour. This is a major contribution to debates about the sustainability of peasant society in early modern Europe, and to the growth of ecological approaches to history and historical geography.
Practicing Democracy
Author: Margaret Lavinia Anderson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691048543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Pt. I.The Framework.Ch. 1.Introduction.Ch. 2.The Morphology of Election Misconduct: International Comparisons.Ch. 3.Open Secrets --pt. II.Fields of Force.Ch. 4.Black Magic I: The First Mobilization.Ch. 5.Black Magic II: Keeping the Faith.Ch. 6.Bread Lords I: Junkers --Ch. 7.Bread Lords II: Masters and Industrialists --pt. III.Degrees of Freedom.Ch. 8.Disabling Authority.Ch. 9.Going by the Rules.Ch. 10.Belonging.Ch. 11.Organizing.Ch. 12.Conclusions.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691048543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Pt. I.The Framework.Ch. 1.Introduction.Ch. 2.The Morphology of Election Misconduct: International Comparisons.Ch. 3.Open Secrets --pt. II.Fields of Force.Ch. 4.Black Magic I: The First Mobilization.Ch. 5.Black Magic II: Keeping the Faith.Ch. 6.Bread Lords I: Junkers --Ch. 7.Bread Lords II: Masters and Industrialists --pt. III.Degrees of Freedom.Ch. 8.Disabling Authority.Ch. 9.Going by the Rules.Ch. 10.Belonging.Ch. 11.Organizing.Ch. 12.Conclusions.
Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe
Author: Erin Griffey
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 904853724X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
For women at the early modern courts, clothing and jewellery were essential elements in their political arsenal, enabling them to signal their dynastic value, to promote loyalty to their marital court and to advance political agendas. This is the first collection of essays to examine how elite women in early modern Europe marshalled clothing and jewellery for political ends. With essays encompassing women who traversed courts in Denmark, England, France, Germany, Habsburg Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, the contributions cover a broad range of elite women from different courts and religious backgrounds as well as varying noble ranks.
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 904853724X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
For women at the early modern courts, clothing and jewellery were essential elements in their political arsenal, enabling them to signal their dynastic value, to promote loyalty to their marital court and to advance political agendas. This is the first collection of essays to examine how elite women in early modern Europe marshalled clothing and jewellery for political ends. With essays encompassing women who traversed courts in Denmark, England, France, Germany, Habsburg Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, the contributions cover a broad range of elite women from different courts and religious backgrounds as well as varying noble ranks.
Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World
Author: Jack A. Goldstone
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520913752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Arguing from an exciting and original perspective, Goldstone suggests that great revolutions were the product of 'ecological crises' that occurred when inflexible political, economic, and social institutions were overwhelmed by the cumulative pressure of population growth on limited available resources. Moreover, he contends that the causes of the great revolutions of Europe—the English and French revolutions—were similar to those of the great rebellions of Asia, which shattered dynasties in Ottoman Turkey, China, and Japan. The author observes that revolutions and rebellions have more often produced a crushing state orthodoxy than liberal institutions, leading to the conclusion that perhaps it is vain to expect revolution to bring democracy and economic progress. Instead, contends Goldstone, the path to these goals must begin with respect for individual liberty rather than authoritarian movements of 'national liberation.' Arguing that the threat of revolution is still with us, Goldstone urges us to heed the lessons of the past. He sees in the United States a repetition of the behavior patterns that have led to internal decay and international decline in the past, a situation calling for new leadership and careful attention to the balance between our consumption and our resources. Meticulously researched, forcefully argued, and strikingly original, Revolutions and Rebellions in the Early Modern World is a tour de force by a brilliant young scholar. It is a book that will surely engender much discussion and debate.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520913752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Arguing from an exciting and original perspective, Goldstone suggests that great revolutions were the product of 'ecological crises' that occurred when inflexible political, economic, and social institutions were overwhelmed by the cumulative pressure of population growth on limited available resources. Moreover, he contends that the causes of the great revolutions of Europe—the English and French revolutions—were similar to those of the great rebellions of Asia, which shattered dynasties in Ottoman Turkey, China, and Japan. The author observes that revolutions and rebellions have more often produced a crushing state orthodoxy than liberal institutions, leading to the conclusion that perhaps it is vain to expect revolution to bring democracy and economic progress. Instead, contends Goldstone, the path to these goals must begin with respect for individual liberty rather than authoritarian movements of 'national liberation.' Arguing that the threat of revolution is still with us, Goldstone urges us to heed the lessons of the past. He sees in the United States a repetition of the behavior patterns that have led to internal decay and international decline in the past, a situation calling for new leadership and careful attention to the balance between our consumption and our resources. Meticulously researched, forcefully argued, and strikingly original, Revolutions and Rebellions in the Early Modern World is a tour de force by a brilliant young scholar. It is a book that will surely engender much discussion and debate.
Rebellion, Community and Custom in Early Modern Germany
Author: Norbert Schindler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521650106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
When this volume first appeared in German it inspired a whole generation of young scholars. Schindler recreates the lives of both the poor and excluded; the milieu of the burghers; and the rumbustuous lifestyles of the Counts von Zimmern. A true archivist, he evokes the lost worlds of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people. He investigates popular nicknames, snowball fights, carnival rituals, even what people did at night-time before the advent of lighting. A final essay deals with an extraordinary late set of trials for witchcraft, in which over 200 people died. Translated into English for the first time, the volume contains a new Foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis and a new introductory essay setting out the key influences of Schindler's work. Norbert Schindler is the leading exponent of historical anthropology in the German-speaking world. A founding member of the German journal Historische Anthropologie, Schindler teaches at the University of Salzburg.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521650106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
When this volume first appeared in German it inspired a whole generation of young scholars. Schindler recreates the lives of both the poor and excluded; the milieu of the burghers; and the rumbustuous lifestyles of the Counts von Zimmern. A true archivist, he evokes the lost worlds of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people. He investigates popular nicknames, snowball fights, carnival rituals, even what people did at night-time before the advent of lighting. A final essay deals with an extraordinary late set of trials for witchcraft, in which over 200 people died. Translated into English for the first time, the volume contains a new Foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis and a new introductory essay setting out the key influences of Schindler's work. Norbert Schindler is the leading exponent of historical anthropology in the German-speaking world. A founding member of the German journal Historische Anthropologie, Schindler teaches at the University of Salzburg.
The Great Transformation
Author: Karl Polanyi
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780241685556
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written. ... A must-read' Thomas Piketty 'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect Karl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is one of the earliest and most powerful critiques of unregulated markets. Tracing the history of capitalism from the great transformation of the industrial revolution onwards, he shows that there has been nothing 'natural' about the market state. Instead of reducing human relations and our environment to mere commodities, the economy must always be embedded in civil society. Describing the 'avalanche of social dislocation' of his time, Polanyi's hugely influential work is a passionate call to protect our common humanity. 'Polanyi's vision for an alternative economy re-embedded in politics and social relations offers a refreshing alternative' Guardian 'Polanyi exposes the myth of the free market' Joseph Stiglitz With a new introduction by Gareth Dale
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780241685556
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written. ... A must-read' Thomas Piketty 'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect Karl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is one of the earliest and most powerful critiques of unregulated markets. Tracing the history of capitalism from the great transformation of the industrial revolution onwards, he shows that there has been nothing 'natural' about the market state. Instead of reducing human relations and our environment to mere commodities, the economy must always be embedded in civil society. Describing the 'avalanche of social dislocation' of his time, Polanyi's hugely influential work is a passionate call to protect our common humanity. 'Polanyi's vision for an alternative economy re-embedded in politics and social relations offers a refreshing alternative' Guardian 'Polanyi exposes the myth of the free market' Joseph Stiglitz With a new introduction by Gareth Dale
Elections, Mass Politics and Social Change in Modern Germany
Author: German History Society (Great Britain)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521429122
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Historical essays on German mass politics, from novel and sometimes surprising viewpoints.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521429122
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Historical essays on German mass politics, from novel and sometimes surprising viewpoints.