caa a22 4500 388016108 CHVBK 20180307124910.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199809 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0008938900016642 doi S0008938900016642 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0008938900016642 Du Bios W. E. B. The Present Condition of German Politics (1893) [Elektronische Daten] [W. E. B. Du Bios] It is the omnipresent soldiery of Berlin that first catches the American visitors's attention. The whole city seems to have a half military stride, all Prussia rushes pell-mell to the window to see the ever-passing regiment, and German ideals from king to lover appear at first sight to be clad in spurs and shoulder-strap. The military spirit appears not to be confined to the army, but largely to permeate society. The American sees it in the stiff bow of the students, in the perfect rage for uniforms in all classes, which enables both footman and chancellor to carry their histories on their backs; above all this spirit pervades the political state. The all-pervading government works about and around the new-comer, with a military precision and careful attention to trifles which is calculated to make a Bostonian uncomfortable, and take a New Yorker's breath away. Copyright © Conference Group for Central European History of the American Historical Association 1998 Central European History Cambridge University Press 31/3(1998-09), 171-187 0008-9389 31:3<171 1998 31 CCC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008938900016642 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008938900016642 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Du Bios W. E. B. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Central European History Cambridge University Press 31/3(1998-09), 171-187 0008-9389 31:3<171 1998 31 CCC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge