Restoration, Revolution, Reaction : Economics and Politics in Germany, 1815-1871

A study of the economic and social changes which shaped the movement for German unification. The author emphasizes the effect of industrialism on urban life, traces the decline of manorialism in agriculture and seeks to show that the political movements of these years were profoundly influenced by the economic transition from agrarianism to capitalism. Cover Title Copyright Dedication CONTENTS PREFACE PART ONE: RESTORATION 1. The Origins of Industrialism 2. The Decline of the Handicraft System 3· The Agrarian Problem 4· The Ideological Conflict 5· The Hungry Forties PART TWO: REVOLUTION 6. The Spring Uprising 7· The Frankfurt Parliament 8. The Worker and the Revolution 9· The Peasant and the Revolution 10. The Fall of Liberalism PART THREE: REACTION 11. The Conservative Fifties 12. The Economics of Reaction 13. The New Era CONCLUSION 14. The Road to Unification BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTES INDEX