TY - BOOK AU - McNeely,Ian F. TI - The emancipation of writing: German civil society in the making, 1790s-1820s T2 - Studies on the history of society and culture SN - 9780520928527 AV - JN3221 .M37 2002eb U1 - 300/.943/09033 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Bureaucracy KW - Germany KW - History KW - Written communication KW - Civil society KW - Bureaucratie KW - Allemagne KW - Histoire KW - Communication écrite KW - Société civile KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - General KW - fast KW - Schriftelijke communicatie KW - gtt KW - Burgermaatschappij KW - Zuidwest-Duitsland KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-323) and index; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Official Power and the Paper Trail; Part II: Inscribing a Space of Freedom; Conclusion; Glossary; Abbreviations; Notes; Sources; Index N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=90558 ER -