Thadden, Rudolf von

Prussia : the history of a lost state / Rudolf Von Thadden ; translated by Angi Rutter - NewYork : Cambridge university press, 2009. - xvii, 161 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword; Chronology; 1. Prussia: when was it?; 2. Prussia: where was it?; 3. Prussia: who was it?; 4. Prussia: what was it?; 5. Prussia: how German was it?; 6. Prussia: How European was it?; 7. Prussia: what was its church like?; 8. Prussia: its value today?; Notes; Index.

This is a series of reflective essays which pose fundamental and deceptively simple questions about Prussia, which for over fifty years has ceased to exist as a political entity but which continues to exert a strong and unusual influence upon German history and contemporary affairs.

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