The great elector's table : food and the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1640-1688
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation reexamines the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia in the seventeenth century through the lens of food culture. It explores the ways that culture, politics, the natural environment, and science intertwined to define taste at the court of Friedrich Wilhelm (1640-1688). I argue that the decisions about everyday life at court were fundamental to the larger growth of the power of this court on the European political stage and its consolidation of power at a time when most central European states fell into obscurity. This work offers an alternative to the traditional military and bureaucratic narratives of the rise of Prussia. Instead, this dissertation views the military and bureaucratic accomplishments of this dynasty as part of a wider cultural program that shaped the consolidation of the state. In studying the economic, environmental, social, and political dynamics in choices about food at court, this work exposes the micro-decisions that determine the identity of any state.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Taylor-Poleskey, Molly |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of History. |
| Primary advisor | Stokes, Laura, 1974- |
| Thesis advisor | Stokes, Laura, 1974- |
| Thesis advisor | Findlen, Paula |
| Thesis advisor | Lougee, Carolyn Chappell |
| Advisor | Findlen, Paula |
| Advisor | Lougee, Carolyn Chappell |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Molly Taylor-Poleskey. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of History. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2016 by Molly George Taylor-Poleskey
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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