Left Liberals, the State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany |
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| Author:
| Thompson, Alastair P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-820543-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2001 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $467.27AUD $648.00 |
Book Description:
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Alastair Thompson here challenges the view of German Liberalism as the helpless victim of mass mobilization and political polarization in Wilhelmine Germany. He reveals the influence of a party that was the third largest in German politics by 1914 and which effectively wrote the Weimar Constitution. His study is central to understanding increasing Left Liberal support on the eve of war, and why liberal values could not be consolidated after 1918.
Alastair Thompson here challenges the view of German Liberalism as the helpless victim of mass mobilization and political polarization in Wilhelmine Germany. He reveals the influence of a party that was the third largest in German politics by 1914 and which effectively wrote the Weimar Constitution. His study is central to understanding increasing Left Liberal support on the eve of war, and why liberal values could not be consolidated after 1918.