James Sheehan

James J. Sheehan

James John Sheehan

Professor Sheehan gives an extensive account of the social, cultural, and political developments in German history up to the Austro-Prussian war of 1866. The only study of the period available in English, this uniquely authoritative book will provide an indispensable guide to everyone interested modern European history.

German History, 1770-1866

This volume in the Oxford History of Modern Europe is a comprehensive study of German history from 1770 to 1866. It examines the manner in which the development of bureaucratic and participatory institutions changed the character and capacities of governments throughout German Europe; the economic expansion in which the productivity of both agriculture and manufacturing increased, commercial activity intensified, and urban growth was encouraged; and the rising culture of print, which sustained new developments in literature, philosophy, and scholarship, and helped transform the rules and procedures of everyday life. These developments, it is argued, led to an erosion of the traditional values and institutions, and played an important part in the transformation of German politics, society, and culture. Rather than viewing the development of a Prussian-led Nation State as natural or inevitable, the book emphasizes alternative forces of unity and division which existed up until the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

Morton Sosna

"An excellent interdisciplinary collage . . . of considerable interest to philosophers, psychologists, computer scientists (of a theoretical stripe), sociologists, and others. . . . Rethinking our relationship to animals is very relevant, I believe, to thinking clearly about our current relationships to current (and future) machines."--Keith Gunderson, University of Minnesota

James John Sheehan

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