… and popular pressure. The second respect in which this study seeks to add to previous … on
German Liberalism is regional. There can be few statements about Wilhelmine Germany less …

… to left-liberal papers. The third chapter examines the role of ‘ideals’ in left-liberal politics and
… , both to the demands of electoral mass politics and also to affirming the Wilhelmine state. …

… in state and society’, which obstructed any liberal evolution … which sets Germany apart from
the liberal ‘West’. One sees … in either political direction, left or right, and in the Wilhelmine …

… old liberals returned to politics with the creation of the German Progressive Party, a left wing
liberal … The pivotal period in German history was the Wilhelmine era. This was a low point for …

… Some of them left the liberal chapters and established liberal-democratic societies before …
individual, and–in most German states–a political majority in the local legislative bodies. That …

… a strong democratic surge pervading Wilhelmine politics and giving a new lease on life to
left liberalism, Although this book is mainly directed to specialists in Wilhelmine history, those …

… changes within German liberalism and social … German states where the two conflicting
developments which we have noted within the Center from the 1890s—a shift to the left politically, …

… Liberals had their strongholds in the German south, west, and center, the Prussian north and
east was fertile ground for left liberalism, … in Prussia and other German states, which favored …

… to parliament left the German public completely devoid of any political education and … ties
to the state. What is decisive for the liberal view of German political development, however, is …

… Considerable power was left in the hands of the state (Land) governments, the largest of …
His parents had embodied the liberals' hope for the future of Germany. His father, Friedrich …