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When this volume first appeared in German it inspired a whole generation of young scholars. Schindler recreates the lives of both the poor and excluded; the mil

Challenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, Belinda Davis uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace--

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A study of national identity in Royal Prussia - the 'other Prussia', part of the Polish state from 1454 to 1793.