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Contents: (I) The Stein Ministry in Historical Perspective: Hero History and Beyond, (II) Social Change and a New Ideology Confront Prussia's Old Regime, (III) Optimism Springs From Crisis: The Reform Party, (IV) Bureaucratic Change and Accommodation of the Aristocracy, (V) Government by Property Owners, (VI) Anchoring the Foundations of a Capitalist Economy, (VII) The Stein Reform Ministry and the Process of Change in Prussia, and Bibliography.

The debate on the origins of modern gender norms continues unabated across the academic disciplines. This book adds an important and hitherto neglected dimension. Focusing on rural life and its values, the author argues that the modern ideal of separate spheres originated in the era of the Enlightenment. Prior to the eighteenth century, cultural norms prescribed active, interdependent economic roles for both women and men. Enlightenment econom...

The debate on the origins of modern gender norms continues unabated across the academic disciplines. This book adds an important and hitherto neglected dimension. Focusing on rural life and its values, the author argues that the modern ideal of separate spheres originated in the era of the Enlightenment. Prior to the eighteenth century, cultural norms prescribed active, interdependent economic roles for both women and men. Enlightenment econom...