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German Nationalism and Religious Conflict
Helmut Walser Smith
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Description for German Nationalism and Religious Conflict
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings 1 map 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
The German Empire of 1871, although unified politically, remained deeply divided along religious lines. In German Nationalism and Religious Conflict, Helmut Walser Smith offers the first social, cultural, and political history of this division. He argues that Protestants and Catholics lived in different worlds, separated by an "invisible boundary" of culture, defined as a community of meaning. As these worlds came into contact, they also came into conflict. Smith explores the local as well as the national dimensions of this conflict, illuminating for the first time the history of the Protestant League as well as the dilemmas involved in ... Read more
The German Empire of 1871, although unified politically, remained deeply divided along religious lines. In German Nationalism and Religious Conflict, Helmut Walser Smith offers the first social, cultural, and political history of this division. He argues that Protestants and Catholics lived in different worlds, separated by an "invisible boundary" of culture, defined as a community of meaning. As these worlds came into contact, they also came into conflict. Smith explores the local as well as the national dimensions of this conflict, illuminating for the first time the history of the Protestant League as well as the dilemmas involved in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691633589
SKU
V9780691633589
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Reviews for German Nationalism and Religious Conflict
"Smith describes a familiar narrative in a provocative and novel way... Fruitfully using works in cultural studies, as well as the recent historiography of the politics of religion, Smith presents a finely textured account of Catholic-Protestant difference."
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