Prussia's social and political structure, institutions, and values were in many ways formative for German history after 1871. After unification Prussia accounted for roughly two-thirds of the empire's size and population, but its weight within Germany was even greater because Prussia in large part molded the German identity and shaped Germany's image abroad.
The Origins of the Authoritarian Welfare State in Prussia examines this Prussian/German identity. It investigates the complex traditions of ideas, institutions, and social policy measures that lay at the root of the conservative...

Prussia's social and political structure, institutions, and values were in many ways formative for German history after 1871. After unification Prussia accounted for roughly two-thirds of the empire's size and population, but its weight within Germany was even greater because Prussia in large part molded the German identity and shaped Germany's image abroad.
The Origins of the Authoritarian Welfare State in Prussia examines this Prussian/German identity. It investigates the complex traditions of ideas, institutions, and social policy measures that lay at the root of the conservative...

Erweitert um den Baustoff Glas, werden die Kriterien fur die Formgebung und die bauliche Durchbildung sowie die Bemessung von Bauteilen anhand einfacher und anschaulicher Regeln vermittelt. Solche werden aus einfachen Gleichgewichtsbetrachtungen und aus dem Verhalten der Bauteile bei Belastung hergeleitet. Das Buch hilft dem im Entwerfen noch weniger Geubtem, ein Tragsystem wesensgerecht zu einem Tragwerk auszuformen. Es weckt das Gespur fur konstruktive Zusammenhange und fur die geeignete Verwendung der Baustoffe, sei es Aluminium, Glas, Holz, Stahl, Stahlbeton oder Spannbeton.