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The German Southwest
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The Nation as a Local Metaphor
All nations make themselves up as they go along, but not all make themselves up in the same way. In this study, Alon Confino explores how Germans turned national and argues that they imagined the nation as an extension of their local place. In 1871, the work of political unification had been completed, but Germany remained a patchwork of regions with different histories and traditions. Germans had to construct a national memory to reconcile the peculiarities of the region and the totality of the nation. This identity project, examined by Confino as it evolved in the southwestern state of WArttemberg, oscillated between failure and success. The national holiday of Sedan Day failed in the 1870...
The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871
This book examines the 1871 unification of Germany through the prism of one of its 'forgotten states', the Kingdom of Württemberg. It moves beyond the traditional argument for the importance of the great powers of Austria and Prussia in controlling German destiny at this time. Bodie A. Ashton champions the significance of Württemberg and as a result all 38 German states in the unification process, noting that each had their own institutions and traditions that proved vital to the eventual shape of German unity. The Kingdom of Württemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871 demonstrates that the state's government was dynamic and in full control of its own policy-making throughout most of...
War, State and Society in Württemberg, 1677-1793
This book provides a radical new interpretation of the aims of the lesser German princes during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through the example of the duchy of Württemberg. Arguing that the princes' political ambitions were fundamental in shaping the internal development of their territories, the author sheds new light on the political importance of the notorious German 'soldier trade' and its role in international diplomacy. The wider social and political impact of these policies is also investigated in a comparative framework, while traditional interpretations of the dramatic struggle between duke and estates are challenged in a reassessment of the role of early modern representative institutions in German state development. The relationship of these internal political struggles to the different elements of the Holy Roman Empire is revealed, opening up new perspectives on the role of the German states within the imperial structure and revealing the empire as a flawed but functioning political system.
Hitler's Home Front
This is a groundbreaking new study of an overlooked area of Second World War History.
Descendants of Johannes P. Reinhardt of Württemberg
Georg Friederich Reinhardt (1811-1885), a fifth-generation descendant of Johannes P. Reinhardt, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1854. His wife, Gottliebin "Lena" Linder (1809-1879) and children immigrated in 1857-58. They lived in Illinois.
Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Parish of Hüffenhardt in Baden-Württemberg to America
This work documents eighteenth century emigrants from the Parish of Huffenhardt in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, who departed for America. The compiler synthesizes German and American records in order to create profiles of emigrants and their families both in Europe and in America.
Power in the Blood
This book is based on a series of episodes from village or small town life in the duchy of WÜrttemberg in southwest Germany between 1580 and 1800, in which state authorities conducted a special investigation into local events. The cases and characters involved include peasants' refusal to celebrate church rituals; a self-proclaimed prophet who encountered an angel in his vineyard; a thirteen-year-old-witch; a paranoid pastor; a murder; and live burial of a village bull.
