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Dictatorship in history and theory : Bonapartism, Caesarism, and totalitarianism /
Bringing together the work of historians and political theorists to examine the complex relationships among nineteenth century democracy, nationalism, and authoritarianism, this study pays special attention to the careers of Napoleon I and III, and of Bismarck. An important contribution is considera...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. : Cambridge, UK ; New York :
German Historical Institute ; Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Publications of the German Historical Institute.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Bringing together the work of historians and political theorists to examine the complex relationships among nineteenth century democracy, nationalism, and authoritarianism, this study pays special attention to the careers of Napoleon I and III, and of Bismarck. An important contribution is consideration of not only the momentous episodes of coup d'etat, revolution, and imperial foundation which the Napoleonic era heralded, but also the contested political language with which these events were described and assessed. Political thinkers were faced with a battery of new terms--"Bonapartism," "Caesarism," and "Imperialism" etc ... --with which to define their era |
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| Notas: | Most chapters of this book represent amended versions of papers delivered at the international meeting of the Conference for the Study of Political Thought at Hunter College, N.Y., in April 1999. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511185154 9780511185151 9781139052429 113905242X 0521825636 9780521825634 0511185987 0511186916 9780511186912 9780511185984 1139883097 9781139883092 1280457708 9781280457708 0511313837 9780511313837 |