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Book SynopsisMeasured by its capacity to endure, the Prussian nobility was the most successful in the modern history of continental Europe. Throughout the long vicissitudes of its history, this class--the Junkers--displayed a remarkable ability to adapt to new circumstances and maintain its own political power. Robert Berdahl presents a comprehensive interpreta
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. Noble And Peasant: The Contours of Social Class, pg. 14*2. Habitus and Herrschaft: The System of Domination, pg. 44*3. Cross-Currents of Economic and Social Change, pg. 77*4. The Reform Era and the Politics of the Nobility, pg. 107*5. Adam Muller and the Genesis of a Conservative Ideology, pg. 158*6. The Politics of Restoration, pg. 182*7. The Ideology of Restoration, pg. 231*8. Noble and Peasant Between Reform and Revolution, pg. 264*9. Politics on the Eve of Revolution, pg. 311*10. Ideology on the Eve of Revolution: Friedrich Julius Stahl, pg. 348*Epilogue, pg. 374*Index, pg. 381
