Civil Society

1750-1914

Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

120 Seiten

2006
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-1-4039-9462-2 (ISBN)

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Civil Society' has been a global catchphrase since the end of the Cold War, and is a hot topic among academics and politicians. Understanding the evolution of this concept in the 18th and 19th centuries is vital to its study and this concise and incisive introduction to the transnational history of civil society is essential reading for students and scholars alike.

STEFAN-LUDWIG HOFFMANN is Assistant Professor in Modern History at the University of Bochum, Germany.

Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
Maps
Introduction: Democracy and Civil Society
Sociable Societies: Enlightened Sociability from Boston to St. Petersburg
Intimacy and Exclusion: Bourgeois Passions in the Early Nineteenth Century
Nations of Joiners: Practicing Democracy in the Age of Nationalism
Mass Culture, Mass Politics: Fin-de-siecle Crises
Conclusion: Paradoxes of Civil Society
Bibliography
Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.4.2006
Reihe/Serie	Studies in European History
Reihe/Serie	Studies in European History
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	145 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4039-9462-5 / 1403994625
ISBN-13	978-1-4039-9462-2 / 9781403994622
Zustand	Neuware