Study in the Theory and Practice of German Liberalism

James F. Harris is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland in College Park.

The study is based on extensive research in European and American published and unpublished sources and well organized into a concise, clear account. It will interest specialists and laymen concerned with German history, the intricacies of party politics, and the more knotty question of historic responsibility. History Professor Harris's selected mode of historiographical presentation... has the virtues of economy and scholarly density. German Studies Review This is a brief but first-rate study of an important German statesman of the nineteenth century. It is really the first attempt to provide a serious evaluation of Lasker, and it should prove very valuable to all studies of German history. I'm very pleased to have this addition to my scholarly library. -- Theodore S. Hamerrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison German Studies Review ...a fine study of one of Bismarck's leading opponents. It sheds new light on the cross-currents of German Liberalism during German unification and the Second Empire. The book successfully combines traditional biographical writing with modern roll-callanalysis. It makes an important contribution to German parliamentary history. -- Konrad H. Jarausch, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill German Studies Review Thoroughly researched...Harris's study offers evidence, especially in its exposition of Lasker's political thought, that could be interestingly brought to bear on current historiographical debate...Kriegerians, Sheehanites, Gallists, and Wehlerians would do well to dip into Harris's book for ammunition. Journal of Modern History Thoroughly researched...Harris's study offers evidence, especially in its exposition of Lasker's political thought, that could be interestingly brought to bear on current historiographical debate...Kriegerians, Sheehanites, Gallists, and Wehlerians would do well to dip into Harris's book for ammunition. Journal of Modern History The study is based on extensive research in European and American published and unpublished sources and well organized into a concise, clear account. It will interest specialists and laymen concerned with German history, the intricacies of party politics, and the more knotty question of historic responsibility. History Professor Harris's selected mode of historiographical presentation... has the virtues of economy and scholarly density. German Studies Review This is a brief but first-rate study of an important German statesman of the nineteenth century. It is really the first attempt to provide a serious evaluation of Lasker, and it should prove very valuable to all studies of German history. I'm very pleased to have this addition to my scholarly library. -- Theodore S. Hamerrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison German Studies Review ...a fine study of one of Bismarck's leading opponents. It sheds new light on the cross-currents of German Liberalism during German unification and the Second Empire. The book successfully combines traditional biographical writing with modern roll-call analysis. It makes an important contribution to German parliamentary history. -- Konrad H. Jarausch, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill German Studies Review