Monarchy, Myth, and Material Culture in Germany 1750-1950 (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: the material culture of monarchy; 2. Collecting royal relics, 1750s?1850s: means, motives, and meaning; 3. Relics under Friedrich Wilhelm III, 1797?1830; 4. Entr'acte: culture and power - a long-term outlook; 5. Frederick the Great in the Vormarz: relics and myth, 1830s?1840s; 6. The Neues museum, 1850s?1870s: relics in retreat; 7. Wilhelm I: relics and myth; 8. Consumerism and the gift-giving economy; 9. The Hohenzollern museum; 10. Image as object: the carte-de-visite photograph as souvenir; 11. Wilhelm II and the Hohenzollern legacy: the Kaiser takes charge; 12. The fragmentation of a myth after 1888; 13. Conclusion and epilogue: the success of a dynasty?