Monarchy, myth, and material culture in Germany 1750-1950 / Eva Giloi.

Author/creator Giloi, Eva, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Descriptionx, 422 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesNew studies in European history
New studies in European history. ^A473137
Contents Introduction : the material culture of monarchy -- Collecting royal relics 1750s-1850s : means, motives, and meaning -- Relics and Friedrich Wilhelm III, 1797-1830 -- Entr'acte : culture and power, a long-term outlook -- Frederick the Great in the Vormärz : relics and myth, 1830s-1840s -- The Neues Museum 1850s-1870s : relics in retreat -- Wilhelm I : relics and myth -- Consumer capitalism and the gift-giving economy -- The Hohenzollern Museum -- Image as object : the carte-de-visite photograph as souvenir -- Wilhelm II and the Hohenzollern legacy : the Kaiser takes charge -- The fragmentation of a myth after 1888 -- Conclusion and epilogue.
Abstract Explores popular attitudes toward political authority and monarchy in Prussia and Germany, studying how subjects incorporated the material culture of monarchy into their daily lives.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 363-411) and index.
LCCN 2011275062
ISBN9780521761987
ISBN0521761980

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Joyner General Stacks DD61.8 .G55 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold