| Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500-1840 Contributor(s): Hagen, William W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521815584 ISBN-13: 9780521815581 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $168.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: This book gives voice, in unprecedented depth and immediacy, to ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The trials and fortunes of everyday life come into view - in the family, the workplace, in the private lives of both men and women, in courtroom and jailhouse, and under the gaze of the rising Prussian monarchy's officials and army officers. What emerges is a many-dimensioned, long-term study of a rural society, inviting comparisons on a world-historical level. The book also puts to a new test the possibilities of empirical historical knowledge at the microhistorical or 'grass-roots' level. But it also reconceptualises, on the scale of Prussian-German and European history, the rise of agrarian capitalism, challenging views widespread in the economic history literature on the common people's working standards, and including massive new documentation on women's condition, rights, and social roles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 943.15 |
| LCCN: 2002017502 |
| Series: Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.57 lbs) 712 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century. It is distinguished by its concentration on first-person testimony, and focus on the lives and fortunes of ordinary people during the era of the rise of capitalism and the modern state. The book is a major contribution to fundamental debates in German history on the origins of modern political authoritarianism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hagen, William W.: - William W. Hagen was born in 1942, and has taught at UC Davis since 1970. He is the author of Germans, Poles, and Jews: The Nationality Conflict in the Prussian East, 1772�914 (Chicago, 1980). Ordinary Prussians is the culmination of his research over the past two decades, including two years in the Prussian State archive. |