Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xii, 329 p)
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ill., maps
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520233301
Serie:
Studies on the history of society and culture v.48
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-323) and index
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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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520233300
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Emancipation of Writing : German Civil Society in the Making, 1790s-1820s
Sprache:
Englisch
