Beschreibung:
James Brophy is Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Capitalism, Politics, and Railroads in Prussia, 1830-1870 (1998) and is co-editor of the primary source reader, Perspectives from the Past: Readings in Western Civilizations (3d edition, 2005).
A study of the politicisation of 'ordinary people' in western Germany in the 1850s.
Introduction: popular culture and the public sphere; 1. Reading; 2. Singing; 3. Public space; 4. Carnival; 5. Tumult; 6. Religion; Conclusion: joining the political nation; Bibliography; Index.