It is often argued that the unification of Germany in 1871 was the inevitable result of the convergence of Prussian power and German nationalism. John Breuilly here shows that the true story was much more complex. For most of the nineteenth century Austria was the dominant power in the region. Prussian-led unification was highly unlikely up until the 1860s and even then was only possible because of the many other changes happening in Germany, Europe and the wider world.
| ISBN | 1408272768 | | Weight (grammes) | 420 | | ISBN13 | 9781408272763
(What's this?) | | Published in | Harlow | | Publisher | Pearson Education Limited | | Series title | Seminar Studies in History | | Imprint | Longman | | Previous ISBN | 9780582437395 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 240 | | Publication date | 19 May 2011 | | Width (mm) | 181 | | DEWEY | 943.07 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 240 | |
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PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHRONOLOGY WHO'S WHO GLOSSARY MAPS PART ONE ANALYSIS 1 Introduction The Setting The Background Historiography Plan of the Book 2 From defeat to triumph, 1806-1815 Europe Germany Austria and Prussia The settlement of 1815 Concluding Remarks 3 Cooperative Domination, 1815-48 Introductory Comments Europe Germany Austro-Prussia Relations Concluding Remarks 4 Austria and Prussia lose control, 1848-1849 Introductory Comments What was the National Question in 1848? The Nation and the German People National Authority versus State Authority Austria or Prussia? 5 Counter-revolution, Cooperation and Conflict, 1849-1858 Introductory Comments Europe Germany Austro-Prussian Relations 6 From Cooperation to War, 1858-1866 Europe Germany Developments within Austria and Prussia, 1858-1863 The Struggle for Supremacy in Germany, 1864-1866 7 The Definitive Exclusion of Austria from Germany, 1867-1871 8 Comparing Austria and Prussia Introductory Comments The Resources of a State The Capacities of the State Statistical Comparisons between Austria and Prussia Concluding Remarks 9 Conclusion PART TWO DOCUMENTS 1 End of Empire and formation of Rheinbund 2 Peace of Tilsit between France and Prussia, 9 July 1807 3 'A good revolution': Hardenberg's Riga Memorandum 4 Peace of Schonbrunn between France and Austria, 14 October 1809 5 Stein to Count Munster, 1 December 1812 6 Convention of Tauroggen, 30 December 1812 7 Ernst Moritz Arndt: 'To the Prussians!', January 1813 8 Prussian introduction of universal conscription 9 Frederick William III: 'An Mein Volk', 17 March 1813 10 Kalisch Declaration of March 1813 11 Metternich's interview with Napoleon, Dresden, 16 June 1813 12 Military forces at the Battle of Leipzig, October 1813 13 Frederick William III promises a constitution, 22 May 1815 14 German Confederal Act, 8 June 1815 15 Vienna Final Act, 15 May 1820 16 Petition for a single customs system, April 1819 17 Customs union agreement between Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Hesse, February 1828 18 Memorandum of Prussian Finance Minister Friedrich von Motz, 1829 19 Metternich's reaction to Prussian customs union policy, June 1831 20 Prussia extends its influence through customs agreements, November 1831 21 Paul Pfizer: On the aims and tasks of German liberalism, Tubingen, 1832 22 Metternich's response to the Hambach Festival, June 1832 23 Austria and Prussia agree on repressive measures in Germany, August 1833 24 Assessment of forward Prussian policy in Germany, June 1836 25 Responses to the crisis with France, November 1840 26 Popular song from the Rhine crisis of 1840 27 Austrian fear of rising Prussian influence in Germany 28 Radowitz's memorandum on measures to be taken by the German Confederation, November 1847 29 Offenburg programme of south-west German democrats, 10 September 1847 30 Heppenheimer programme of the south-west German liberals, 10 October 1847 31 Typical example of demands at the outset of revolution 32 Blum and Jordan expressing different views on the Posen issue 33 Creation of a provisional German authority 34 Declaration by Heinrich von Gagern, 18 December 1848 35 Reply by the Austrian Prime Minister, Prince Schwarzenberg, 28 December 1848 36 Prussian circular to its envoys at the seats of the German governments, 23 January 1849 37 Despatch from Schwarzenberg to Schmerling at the Reich Authority, 4 February 1849 38 Extracts from the Imperial Constitution of March 1849 39 Austrian Proposal concerning the Reich government, 8 March 1849 40 Final Prussian rejection of the Imperial Constitution, 28 April 1849 41 Erfurt Constitution, 28 May 1849 42 Agreement between Bavaria, Saxony and Wurttemberg on the main principles for a revision of the confederal constitution, 27 February 1850 43 Olmutz agreement between Austria and Prussia, 29 November 1850 44 Bismarck's speech to the Prussian Landtag on t
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