T. C. W. Blanning and Peter Wende, eds. Reform in Great Britain and Germany 1750–1850. New York: Oxford University Press. 1999. Pp. viii, 179. $35.00. ISBN 0-19-72601-5.

Abstract

Introduction Why does Corruption Matter? Reforms and Reform Movements in Britain and Germany in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century The Whigs, the People, and Reform Legal Reforms: Changing the Law in Germany in the Ancien Regime and in the Vormarz The Prussian Reformers and their Impact on German History Reform in Britain and Prussia, 1797-1815: (Confessional) Fiscal-Military State and Military-Agrarian Complex The English as Reformers: Foreign Visitors' Impressions. 1750-1850 Riding a Tiger Reform, and Popular Politics in Ireland, 1800-1847 1848: Reform or Revolution in Germany and Great Britain The Idea of Reform in British Politics 1829-1850