Left Liberals, the State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 16 November 2000
- ISBN 9780198205432
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages440 pages
- Size 225x147x27 mm
- Weight 635 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous tables 0
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Short description:
Alastair Thompson here challenges the view of German Liberalism as the helpless victim of mass mobilization and political polarization in Wilhelmine Germany. He reveals the influence of a party that was the third largest in German politics by 1914 and which effectively wrote the Weimar Constitution. His study is central to understanding increasing Left Liberal support on the eve of war, and why liberal values could not be consolidated after 1918.
MoreLong description:
Although often viewed as ineffectual intellectuals, or a spent political force, Left Liberals had become the third largest party in German politics by 1914 and in the German Revolution of 1918/19 it was Left Liberals who effectively wrote the new Weimar constitution. This study, based on extensive original research, investigates Left Liberals in the locality, as well as at the national level, with case studies ranging from Kiel to Kattowitz. Overturning old notions of German liberalism as the helpless victim of mass mobilization and political polarization, it is central to understanding both increasing left liberal influence and support on the eve of the First World War, and why liberal values could not be consolidated after 1918.
This study has powerful general implications for the history of imperial Germany, reassessing the role of political parties, public perceptions of politics, and the impact and character of the state.
A rare and welcome addition to the current historiography.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Men, Machinery, and Mission
Locating the Left Liberals
Hard-Working Honoratioren: The Mechanics of Left Liberal Politics
Liberal Policy: Faded Remnants or New Dawn
Executive, Parties, and Public Opinion. The Left Liberals in National Politics, 1907-1914
Left Liberal Parliamentarians
The Left Liberals in National Politics, 1907-1912
Defending the Reich: Left Liberals and Domestic Politics from January 1912 to the July Crisis 1914
Left Liberals in Local Society
Mass Politics and Party Pacts: Left Liberals in Baden, 1905-1914
Persuading the Protestant Mittelstand: Left Liberals in Schleswig-Holstein
Continuity and Change: Left Liberals in Silesian Politics and Society
Conclusion - Victory in Defeat and Defeat in Victory: Left Liberal Politics and the First World War
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