Natural History of the German People (Studies in German Thought and History)

by Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl, David J. Diephouse (Editor)

A translation and abridgement of Riehl's "Naturgeschichte des Volkes als Grundlage einer deutschen Social-Politik". Riehl's specific views, while of only historical interest today, are crucial to any informed discussion of German social history and should also be valuable for a study of social theory and social science research methods. Riehl's description of his countrymen's folkways and social relationships remains a valid and often vivid testimony to one of the pivotal eras in the development of modern Germany. Potentially useful as a supplemental reader for courses in German history and culture or European social history.

392 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 1990

About the author

Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl was a German journalist, novelist and folklorist.

Born into a settled middle-class background, he was a professor at the University of Munich, and later in life a curator of Bavarian antiquities.