Kings and rulers--Collectibles--Germany--Public opinion--History
Monarchy--Germany--Public opinion--History
Explores popular attitudes toward political authority and monarchy in Prussia and Germany, studying how subjects incorporated the material culture of monarchy into their daily lives.
Monarchy, myth, and material culture in Germany 1750-1950
Introduction : the material culture of monarchy -- Collecting royal relics 1750s-1850s : means, motives, and meaning -- Relics and Friedrich Wilhelm III, 1797-1830 -- Entr'acte : culture and power, a long-term outlook -- Frederick the Great in the Vormärz : relics and myth, 1830s-1840s -- The Neues Museum 1850s-1870s : relics in retreat -- Wilhelm I : relics and myth -- Consumer capitalism and the gift-giving economy -- The Hohenzollern Museum -- Image as object : the carte-de-visite photograph as souvenir -- Wilhelm II and the Hohenzollern legacy : the Kaiser takes charge -- The fragmentation of a myth after 1888 -- Conclusion and epilogue.