Monarchy, Myth, and Material Culture in Germany 1750-1950

Autorentext
Eva Giloi is Assistant Professor in the History Department at Rutgers University, Newark.

Klappentext
A fascinating study of how ordinary German subjects collected and consumed royal relics and memorabilia.

Zusammenfassung
This fascinating study examines how ordinary German subjects incorporated the material culture of monarchy into their daily lives, through the consumption of relics and royal memorabilia. Providing an insight into attitudes to sovereign power, Giloi examines how people used these objects to articulate, validate or reject the state's political myths.

Inhalt
1. Introduction: the material culture of monarchy; 2. Collecting royal relics, 1750s-1850s: means, motives, and meaning; 3. Relics under Friedrich Wilhelm III, 1797-1830; 4. Entr'acte: culture and power - a long-term outlook; 5. Frederick the Great in the Vormärz: relics and myth, 1830s-1840s; 6. The Neues museum, 1850s-1870s: relics in retreat; 7. Wilhelm I: relics and myth; 8. Consumerism and the gift-giving economy; 9. The Hohenzollern museum; 10. Image as object: the carte-de-visite photograph as souvenir; 11. Wilhelm II and the Hohenzollern legacy: the Kaiser takes charge; 12. The fragmentation of a myth after 1888; 13. Conclusion and epilogue: the success of a dynasty?

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