The Struggle for Mastery in Germany, 1779-1850 (European History in Perspective) - Hardcover

Simms, Brendan

9780312213091: The Struggle for Mastery in Germany, 1779-1850 (European History in Perspective)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312213093 ISBN 13: 9780312213091

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998

This book attempts to combine geopolitics, modernization theory and the primacy of foreign policy to provide a fresh perspective on the struggle for mastery in Germany before 1850. Any form of rigid determinism is eschewed; the outcome of this contest was still relatively open in 1780. Nevertheless, the book shows why after the upheavals--domestic and internal--of the revolutionary period, and the geopolitical revolution of 1815, Prussia and not Austria was on the verge of winning the struggle for mastery by mid-century. At every decisive stage along the way, it was Prussia rather than Austria or the "Third Germany" which showed itself capable of socio-economic and (partial) political modernization in order to adapt to external pressures and opportunities.

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About the Author:

Brendan Simms is Fellow and Director of Studies in History, Peterhouse, at Cambridge University.

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