The democratic movement in Germany, 1789-1914

This study treats the intellectual and political history of the various democratic movements in the major German states during the nineteenth century. Snell describes the origins of the democratic impulse, traces the gradual alienation of German democracy from German liberalism, and concludes with an extensive analysis of political and social institutions of the German empire as promoters or deterrents of democracy. This book is the first to focus on the history of ideas and politics during this period.



Originally published in 1976.



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• Preface p. vi
• I the Beginnings, 1789-1815 p. 3
• Ii Repression and New Impulses p. 22
• Iii Foreign Models and Domestic Agitation, 1830-1847 p. 44
• Iv 1848: Liberals and Democrats Revolt p. 77
• V the Frustration of Democratic Unity, 1848-1849 p. 101
• Vi Reaction and a New Crisis, 1850-1866 p. 130
• Vii Unification: Bismarck's Triumph Over the Liberal Democrats p. 162
• Viii a New Left: Social Democracy, 1863-1890 p. 184
• Ix Obstacles to Democracy in State and Society After 1890 p. 209
• X the Growth of Social Democracy, 1890-1914 p. 249
• Xi Marxist Theory and Revisionistpractice in the Spd p. 281
• Xii Bourgeois Democrats in Wilhelmian Germany p. 304
• Xiii Public Policy and the Democratic Impulse in a Decade of International Crisis, 1904-1914 p. 335
• Notes p. 383
• Bibliography p. 439
• Index p. 495