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.