MARK HEWITSON is Senior Lecturer in German History and Politics at University College London, UK.

'A very impressive text: immaculately organized and sharply focused, with a surefooted mastery of the enormous monographic scholarship in German.' - Geoff Eley, University of Michigan, USA 'Hewitson's well crafted argument on liberal nationalism constitutes a welcome reexamination of nation-building and deserves a wide readership.' - James M. Brophy, German Studies Review 'A valuable addition to the literature on German unification.' - Peter Thaler, JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ETHNICITY AND NATIONALISM

• List of Tables and DiagramsList of MapsAcknowledgementsIntroductionA German RevolutionThe Great Powers and the Austrian QuestionThe Habsburg Monarchy and the GermansThe Third Germany and the BundPrussia, the Nation and the ConstitutionThe Struggle for Germany in Schleswig-HolsteinConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex.