The Political Fragmentation of Germany
Formation of German states by Infrastructures, Maps, and Movement, 1815–1866
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Beschreibung
This book analyses the development of German territorial states in the nineteenth century through the prism of five Mittelstaaten: Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Württemberg, and Baden. It asks how a state becomes a place, and argues that it involves a contested and multi-faceted process, one of slow and uneven progress. The study approaches this question from a new and crucial angle, that of spatiality and public mobility. The issues covered range from the geography of state apparatus, the aesthetics of German cartography and the trajectories of public movement. Challenging the belief that territorial delimitation is primarily a matter of policy and diplomacy, this book reveals that political territories are constructed through daily practices and imagination.
This book analyses the development of German territorial states in the nineteenth century through the prism of five Mittelstaaten: Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Württemberg, and Baden. It asks how a state becomes a place, and argues that it involves a contested and multi-faceted process, one of slow and uneven progress. The study approaches this question from a new and crucial angle, that of spatiality and public mobility. The issues covered range from the geography of state apparatus, the aesthetics of German cartography and the trajectories of public movement. Challenging the belief that territorial delimitation is primarily a matter of policy and diplomacy, this book reveals that political territories are constructed through daily practices and imagination.
Shortlisted for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies 2019 Book Prize Takes a comparative approach to five significant German states to examine how national and territorial identities were constructed Argues that these political states are defined by the practices of the people, rather than intentional state- or nation-building ideologies Explores the impact of rising literacy, the development of new communication and transportation technologies, and the growing success of commercial cartography on people’s spatial and territorial perceptions
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Zef M. Segal
Themen in »The Political Fragmentation of Germany«
Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Wurttemberg, Baden State-building Nation-building Citizenship National identity Cartography Maps Railway Ideology Migration Travel and tourism Territory Digital humanities