Compare Ordinary Prussians by William W. Hagen, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

This book is about ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century. It is distinguished by its concentration on first-person testimony, and focus on the lives and fortunes of ordinary people during the era of the rise of capitalism and the modern state. The book is a major contribution to fundamental debates in German history on the origins of modern political authoritarianism. | Ordinary Prussians by William W. Hagen, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters