The Royal Prussian Cadet Corps produced the elite of Prussia's and Germany's officers throughout its 250 year existence. Using a massive biographical database of its graduates, this unique study analyzes the education and socialization process in the school system during the Wilhelmine period. Moncure traces the conflict among the desire to maintain social cohesion in the aristocratic officer corps, the demands of the growing middle class, and the dictates of military competition in Europe. He offers insights into the attempts at resolution and the effects of the institution on the officer corps it produced.
| ISBN: | 9780820419602 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 1993 |
| Author: | John Moncure |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 323 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Social and cultural history Sociology: work and labour Philosophy and theory of education |