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Rebellious Prussians [electronic resource] : urban political culture under Frederick the Great and his successors / Florian Schui.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : ill.ISBN: 9780191750724 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Prussia (Germany) -- History -- Frederick II, 1740-1786
| Prussia (Germany) -- History -- 1740-1815 | Political culture -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199593965DDC classification: 943.053 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This work challenges the accepted view that an oppressive Prussian state casts a shadow on the development of civil society and sheds light on a little-known historical reality in which weak Hohenzollern monarchs - and a still weaker Prussian bureaucracy - were confronted with prosperous, fearless, and argumentative Prussian burghers.
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This work challenges the accepted view that an oppressive Prussian state casts a shadow on the development of civil society and sheds light on a little-known historical reality in which weak Hohenzollern monarchs - and a still weaker Prussian bureaucracy - were confronted with prosperous, fearless, and argumentative Prussian burghers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.