Notables
of the Right:
The
Conservative Party and Political Mobilization in
Abstract
Casting
new light on German Conservatism, this is the first full-scale history of a
right-wing political party in Imperial Germany. Fresh evidence revises previous
views of a monolithic, unchanging and resolutely reactionary form of German
Conservatism and reveals the Conservative Party as surprisingly diverse in its
regional make-up, volatile in its internal politics, and ambivalent in its
response to the new political challenges after 1871.
By
integrating the history of a single political party into the broader context of
political modernization in the Second Reich, the author illuminates the
strategic political dilemmas that confronted all groups seeing a mass
following. This book will be welcomed by students of German history and those
interested in the history of conservatism within modern
(From the book’s dustjacket)
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