Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500 1840

This book is about ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century. It is distinguished by its concentration on first-person testimony, and focus on the lives and fortunes of ordinary people during the era of the rise of capitalism and the modern state. The book is a major contribution to fundamental debates in German history on the origins of modern political authoritarianism.

Author: William W. Hagen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/05/2007
Pages: 712
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.42d
ISBN: 9780521037006

About the Author
Hagen, William W.: - William W. Hagen was born in 1942, and has taught at UC Davis since 1970. He is the author of Germans, Poles, and Jews: The Nationality Conflict in the Prussian East, 1772-1914 (Chicago, 1980). Ordinary Prussians is the culmination of his research over the past two decades, including two years in the Prussian State archive.

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