The Splintered Party National Liberalism in Hessen and the Reich, 1867-1918 |
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| Author:
| White, Dan S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-43714-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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The Splintered Party is inevitably, in its broadest aspect, an inquiry into the weaknesses of liberalism in the Empire of Bismarck and Wilhelm II. White explores this from a new perspective, emphasizing regional circumstances as primary agents of the party's decline. The resulting portrait underscores the paradox of the National Liberals: a party with strength in all areas of the Empire, a rarity before 1914, yet a party whose impact was undermined bydivisions among its regional branches.
The Splintered Party is inevitably, in its broadest aspect, an inquiry into the weaknesses of liberalism in the Empire of Bismarck and Wilhelm II. White explores this from a new perspective, emphasizing regional circumstances as primary agents of the party's decline. The resulting portrait underscores the paradox of the National Liberals: a party with strength in all areas of the Empire, a rarity before 1914, yet a party whose impact was undermined bydivisions among its regional branches.