Zef M. Segal Knihy

Focusing on five key German states in the nineteenth century, the analysis explores how these regions evolved into distinct places through a complex and contested process. It emphasizes the significance of spatiality and public mobility, examining the geography of state apparatus, German cartography, and public movement. By challenging traditional views on territorial delimitation, the study highlights that political territories are shaped by everyday practices and collective imagination, rather than solely by policy and diplomacy.

Die Analyse der deutschen Territorialstaaten im neunzehnten Jahrhundert erfolgt durch das Prisma von fünf spezifischen Aspekten, die entscheidend für deren Entwicklung waren. Dabei werden sowohl politische als auch gesellschaftliche Faktoren berücksichtigt, die zur Formierung und Veränderung der Staatsstrukturen beitrugen. Die Untersuchung bietet einen tiefen Einblick in die komplexen Wechselwirkungen zwischen den verschiedenen Territorien und deren Einfluss auf die nationale Identität und Einheit Deutschlands.

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.