The Political Fragmentation of Germany

Formation of German states by Infrastructures, Maps, and Movement, 1815-1866
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-19829-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

This book analyses the development of German territorial states in the nineteenth century through the prism of five Mittelstaaten: Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Württemberg, and Baden. It asks how a state becomes a place, and argues that it involves a contested and multi-faceted process, one of slow and uneven progress. The study approaches this question from a new and crucial angle, that of spatiality and public mobility. The issues covered range from the geography of state apparatus, the aesthetics of German cartography and the trajectories of public movement. Challenging the belief that territorial delimitation is primarily a matter of policy and diplomacy, this book reveals that political territories are constructed through daily practices and imagination.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Segal, Zef M.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Politische Geographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- Part I: Infrastructural Layout and State Construction.-2 Limitations of Movement: The Establishment of Gendarmerie Forces and Customs Controls.- 3 Motivating Movement: Developing a State-oriented Higher Education System.- 4 Routes of Mass Movement: Postal and Railway Infrastructures.- Part II: Cartographic Representations of State Space.- 5 The Cartographic Emergence of Modern Borders and Capital Cities.- 6 Defining a ‘National’ Territory: Cartography and the Invention of Logos.- 7 Reconstructing and Deconstructing State Borders: German Railway Cartography.- Part III: National, Transnational and International Communication and Movement.- 8 The Delimitation of Transnational Societies: Mass Migration and Foreign Students.- 9 The Territoriality of Railway Travel.- 10 Postal Communication as a Social Network.- 11 Connecting the Dots.-

Über Autor(innen)

Zef M. Segal is a Lecturer of History, Mathematics and Digital Humanities at the Open University of Israel and Tel-Aviv Jaffa College, Israel.