Property and Civil Society in South-Western Germany 1820-1914 - Sperber, Jonathan
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This is a study of the uses of property in south-western Germany from 1820 to 1914. Based on extensive documentation from civil court records, the book provides important new insights into the nature of civil society, forms of social conflict, and the application of the law to everyday life. The book's intriguing, sometimes bizarre, and always revealing stories of legal disputes offer an ironic and bemused view of the past human condition.

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This is a study of the uses of property in south-western Germany from 1820 to 1914. Based on extensive documentation from civil court records, the book provides important new insights into the nature of civil society, forms of social conflict, and the application of the law to everyday life. The book's intriguing, sometimes bizarre, and always revealing stories of legal disputes offer an ironic and bemused view of the past human condition.
Autorenporträt
Born in New York City, Jonathan Sperber was educated at Cornell University and the University of Chicago. He has taught at the University of Missouri for twenty years, and has been a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.