Honor, politics and the law in imperial Germany, 1871-1914 /

Goldberg, Ann

Honor, politics and the law in imperial Germany, 1871-1914 / Ann Goldberg. - Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 215 pages) - New studies in European history . - New studies in European history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The development of the law -- Honor disputes and everyday life -- The state -- Politicization -- Popular mobilizations : Jews and lunatics -- Conclusion : Beyond 1914.

"Honor in nineteenth-century Germany is usually thought of as an anachronistic aristocratic tradition confined to the duelling elites. In this innovative study Ann Goldberg shows instead how it pervaded all aspects of German life and how, during an era of rapid modernization, it was adapted and incorporated into the modern state, industrial capitalism, and mass politics. In business, state administration, politics, labor relations, gender and racial matters, Germans contested questions of honor in an explosion of defamation litigation. Dr Goldberg surveys court cases, newspaper reportage, and parliamentary debates, exploring the conflicts of daily life and the intense politicization of libel jurisprudence in an era when an authoritarian state faced off against groups and individuals from 'below' claiming new citizenship rights around a democratized notion of honor and law. Her fascinating account provides a nuanced and important new understanding of the political, legal and social history of imperial Germany"--Provided by publisher

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1871-1918
Geschichte 1871-1914.


Honor--History.--Germany
Political culture--History.--Germany
Libel and slander--History.--Germany
Honneur--Histoire.--Allemagne
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Honor.
Libel and slander.
Political culture.
Ehre
Politische Kultur
Ehrenschutz
Rechtskultur
Eer.
Belediging.
Processen (rechtspraak)


Germany--History--1871-1918.
Allemagne--Histoire--1871-1918.
Germany.
Deutschland
Duitsland.


Electronic books.
History.

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