Gagliardo, John G. <br/><br/>
From Pariah to Patriot  the changing image of the German peasant, 1770-1840 / 
John G. Gagliardo. 
 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)1969. 
 - 1 online resource (353 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND; 1: The German Agrarian Scene, 1770-1840; 2: The Beginnings of Reform Sentiment; PART TWO: THE QUICKENING INTEREST; 3: The Origins of the Moral Image; 4: Pedagogical Reformism; PART THREE: THE CALL TO DUTY; 5: Adam Smith in Germany; 6: The Awakening of National Consciousness; 7: The Revolutionary Period to 1806; 8: Prussian Collapse and National Regeneration; 9: Restoration Constitutionalism and Liberalism; PART FOUR: THE IMAGE FIXED; 10: The Contribution of Historians and Littérateurs. 11: Summary and ConclusionBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. 
<br/><br/> Until late in the eighteenth century, the peasantry of the German states had been dismissed contemptuously by the aristocracy and middle classes as brutish and virtually subhuman. With the advent of organized movements for peasant emancipation and agrarian reform, however, many German writers and publicists began also to reassess the role of the peasant in society. Within less than a century, the public image of the German peasant had been completely changed. Where formerly he had been scorned as untermenschlich, by 1840 he was firmly established in the public mind as an embodiment of the hig. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813162867 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Peasants--History.--Germany<br/>Land reform--History.--Germany<br/>Land reform--History.--Germany<br/>Peasants--History.--Germany
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD654  / .F766 1969