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A Conservative Folklorist on Social Class and Gender Roles (1852)
Remarkably, the conservative folklorist Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823-1897) was skeptical of any artificial separation of gender spheres according to which men were active in public life and women....
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Conservative Criticism of Women's Activism (1852)
In this excerpt from The Family (1852), Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl attacks "emancipated" women and any type of activity by women in public life. Basing his argument on the "natural" differences....
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The Conservatives: Friedrich Julius Stahl: "What is the Revolution?" (1852)
In his 1852 speech "What is the Revolution?," the conservative politician and Berlin law professor Friedrich Julius Stahl (1802-1861) describes the basic principles of conservative thought, which....
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Gustav Freytag: Excerpt from a Review of Recent German Novels (1853)
Like Auerbach, Gustav Freytag (1816-1895) was a prominent and highly successful Realist writer. In the following excerpt from a review of recent German novels, which was published in his own literary....
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Speech of Friedrich Julius Stahl against the Repeal of the Prussian Constitution (1853)
In this 1853 speech, the conservative law professor Friedrich Julius Stahl (1802-1861) pleads against a motion to abolish the Prussian constitution, which was instituted during the revolution of....
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Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen: Observations on the State of the Austrian Army in 1854 (Retrospective Account))
In his observations on the state of the Austrian army in 1854, Prussian general Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1827-1892) looks at military tactics since the Napoleonic Era and discusses....
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Friedrich Diesterweg: "An Educator's Little Book of Crabs" (1856)
Friedrich Adolf Diesterweg (1790-1866), a schoolteacher and prominent proponent of progressive pedagogy, used the title of his essay to criticize the reactionary nature of advocates of traditional....
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L. von Rohden: Excerpts from The History of the Rhenish Missionary Society (1857)
This excerpt from L. von Rohden's History of the Rhenish Missionary Society (1857) describes the missionary activities of the Awakened (or born-again Christians) among "heathens" and Jews....
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August Becker: Excerpts from The Palatinate and the Palatines (1858)
In this excerpt from The Palatinate and the Palatines (1858), novelist and journalist August Becker (1826-1891) describes the geographic and sociohistorical features of this region in southwestern....
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Victor Böhmert's Critique of the Traditional and Restrictive Nature of Guilds (1858)
This excerpt from Victor Böhmert’s (1829-1918) book on freedom of occupation criticizes the traditional, restrictive ....
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