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Format: xii, 329 p. : ill., maps : 24 cm.

ISBN: 0-520-23330-1

Series Statement: Studies on the history of society and culture 48

Content: "The emancipation of writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions. Ian F. McNeely reveals that Germany's notoriously oppressive bureaucracy, when viewed through the writing practices that were its lifeblood, could also function as a site of citizenship. Citizens, acting under the mediation of powerful local scribes, practiced their freedoms in written engagements with the state. Their communications laid the basis for civil society, showing how social networks commonly associated with the free market, the free press, and the voluntary association could also take root in powerful state institutions. This book treats the full array of handwritten and printed texts - from marriage contracts to local petitions to state-subsidized information media - that attended citizens' encounters with the state during Germany's transition to modernity. Engaging current debates in cultural history, historical sociology, and social and political theory, it fundamentally reassesses the relation between state and citizen in one of the world's most administrative societies."--BOOK JACKET.

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-323) and index

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Bürgerliche Gesellschaft ; Verwaltung ; Schriftlichkeit ; Bürgerliche Gesellschaft ; Verwaltung ; Bürokratie ; Schreiber

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URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Autorenbiografie

URL: Verlagsangaben

Author information: McNeely, Ian F. 1971-

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 329 p.) : , ill.

ISBN: 9780520928527 (ebook) :

Series Statement: Studies on the history of society and culture

Content: Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, this text reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions.

Additional Edition: Print version ISBN 9780520233300

Language: English

URL: California scholarship online

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Format: Online-Ressource (xii, 329 p) , ill., maps , 24 cm

Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 0520233301

Series Statement: Studies on the history of society and culture v.48

Content: The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-323) and index , Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. OFFICIAL POWER AND THE PAPER TRAIL; 1. The Civic Landscape; 2. The Tutelage of the Scribes; 3. The Black Forest Cahier; 4. Constitutional Fetishism; PART II. INSCRIBING A SPACE OF FREEDOM; 5. Transcending "Textual Serfdom"; 6. Reading, Writing, and Reform; 7. Cataloging the Social World; 8. The Intelligence Gazettes; Conclusion; Glossary; A; B; C; E; G; I; L; M; N; O; S; T; V; Abbreviations; Notes; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520233300

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Emancipation of Writing : German Civil Society in the Making, 1790s-1820s

Language: English

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URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-283-27705-0 , 9786613277053 , 0-520-92852-0

Series Statement: Studies on the history of society and culture

Content: The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions. Ian F. McNeely reveals that Germany's notoriously oppressive bureaucracy, when viewed through the writing practices that were its lifeblood, could also function as a site of citizenship. Citizens, acting under the mediation of powerful local scribes, practiced their freedoms in written engagements with the state. Their communications laid the basis for civil society, showing how social networks commonly associated with the free market, the free press, and the voluntary association could also take root in powerful state institutions.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 1. The Civic Landscape -- , 2. The Tutelage of the Scribes -- , 3. The Black Forest Cahier -- , 4. Constitutional Fetishism -- , 5. Transcending "Textual Serfdom" -- , 6. Reading, Writing, and Reform -- , 7. Cataloging the Social World -- , 8. The Intelligence Gazettes -- , Conclusion -- , Glossary -- , Abbreviations -- , Notes -- , Sources -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-23330-1

Language: English

DOI: 10.1525/9780520928527