The People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888 by Hewitson, Mark
The People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888 by Hewitson, Mark

The People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888

How did ministers, journalists, academics, artists, and subjects in the German lands imagine war during the nineteenth...
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The People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888 by Hewitson, Mark

The People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888

$591.73
The People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888 by Hewitson, Mark

The People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888

$591.73
Author: Mark Hewitson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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How did ministers, journalists, academics, artists, and subjects in the German lands imagine war during the nineteenth century? The Napoleonic Wars had been the bloodiest in Europe's history, directly affecting millions of Germans, yet their long-term consequences on individuals and on 'politics' are still poorly understood. This study makes sense of contemporaries' memories and histories of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic campaigns within a much wider context of press reportage of wars elsewhere in Europe and overseas, debates about military service and the reform of Germany's armies, revolution and counter-revolution, and individuals' experiences of violence and death in their everyday lives. For the majority of the populations of the German states, wars during an era of conscription were not merely a matter of history and memory; rather, they concerned subjects' hopes, fears, and expectations of the future.

This is the second volume of Mark Hewitson's study of the violence of war in the German lands during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It investigates the complex relationship between military conflicts and the violent acts of individual soldiers. In particular, it considers the contradictory impact of 'pacification' in civilian life and exposure to increasingly destructive technologies of killing during war-time. This contradiction reached its nineteenth-century apogee during the 'wars of unification', leaving an ambiguous imprint on post-war discussions of military conflict.


Author: Mark Hewitson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/09/2017
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780199564262


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About the Author

Mark Hewitson is a Professor of German History and Politics, and Director of European Social and Political Studies at University College London. His publications include monographs on National Identity and Political Thought in Germany (2000), Germany and the Causes of the First World War (2004), Nationalism in Germany, 1848-1866 (2010), and History and Causality (2014). He is the co-editor of What is a Nation? Europe, 1789-1914 (2006, with Timothy Baycroft), and of Europe in Crisis: Intellectuals and the European Idea, 1917-1957 (2012, with Matthew D'Auria).



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