Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany : Conquest, Incorporation, and Integration.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850 Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Praise for Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Napoleonic Governance and the Integration of Europe
- Empire-building and Its Limits
- Napoleonic Governance in the Regions
- Historiography on Napoleon and Europe
- German Historiography
- Dutch Historiography
- Transregional Perspectives
- Questions of Definition
- Chapter 2: Revolution and Warfare: The North Before Conquest
- Warfare and the Shaping of Nation-states
- Absolutism and Republicanism
- Exporting the Revolution
- Revolutionary Republicans in the North
- The First Consul and Europe
- The Reorganization of Germany North of the Rhine
- Blueprints for Napoleonic Governance in Europe
- Chapter 3: Conquest and Incorporation: Pays Conquis or Pays Réunies?
- Between Coercion and Cooperation
- Emperors and Kings
- Last Strongholds of Republicanism
- The Incorporation of the Netherlands and Northwest Germany
- Napoleon's Droit de Conquête
- Pays Réunies, Under Conditions
- Chapter 4: Intermediary Bodies of Governance
- From Conquest to Incorporation
- Instruments of Empire-building: The Gouvernements généraux
- General-Governors: Lebrun and Davout
- The Intendants
- Conflicting Mandates
- Development of the Intermediary Bodies
- Between Center and Periphery
- Chapter 5: Prefects: 'Tools of Conquest'
- The Prefectoral System
- Recruiting Prefects
- Before Incorporation
- The Dutch South of the Rhine
- Prefects in the Départements de la Hollande
- In Between the Netherlands and Germany
- Prefects in the Hanseatic Departments
- Circulation of Préfets
- Napoleonic Prefects Compared
- Chapter 6: Subprefects: (Trans)Regional Tools of Integration?
- Balancing Interests
- Recruiting Subprefects for the North
- Rallying the Local Elites
- Dutch Locals.
- German Locals
- Appointing Foreign Subprefects
- Foreign Subprefects in the Dutch Departments
- Foreign Subprefects in the Northwest German Departments
- Circulation of Subprefects Across the Empire
- Potential Tools of Integration
- Chapter 7: Conclusions: Incomplete Integration
- The View from the Regions
- The Collapse of Napoleonic Rule in the North
- Napoleonic Foundations for the New States?
- The Low Countries
- Former Napoleonic Germany
- Degrees of Completeness
- Index.