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Article: The Politics of Technological Change in Prussia: Out of the Shadow of Antiquity, 1809-1848.
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- Business History
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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This book looks at the politics of technological change in the kingdom of Prussia from the aftermath of the country's defeat by Napoleon to the Revolution of 1848. Brose shows that modern political parties were non-existent at this time and that political beliefs were reflected in two very loose factions which respectively reflected liberal and conservative views. He questions the traditional views of the Prussian state's positive role in economic modernisation. Like a number of recent researchers, for Brose the reality is much more complex. It is directly related to the competing political factions and divided authorities in this period.
This period was overshadowed ...