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In 1800 there was no "Germany" as we think of a unitary nation state today. Still nominally held together under the framework of the Holy Roman Empire, its political shape and boundaries were in a state of flux. In the following two centuries, Germany went through massive transformations. This collection brings together an international team of distinguished scholars to produce an innovative and accessible guide to the controversial course of modern German history. Exploring the main issues in social, economic, cultural, and political history, the book reflects the diversity and liveliness of the field. Using a wealth of tables, maps and illustrations, it provides points of entry to key issues for students and scholars alike. Mary Fulbrook is at University College, London. In 1800 there was no unitary "Germany" as we think of it today. Still nominally held together under the framework of the Holy Roman Empire, its political shape and boundaries were in a state of flux. In the following two centuries, Germany went through massive transformations. This collection brings together an international team of distinguished scholars to produce an innovative and accessible guide to the controversial course of modern German history. Exploring the main issues in social, economic, cultural, and political history, the book reflects the diversity and liveliness of the field. Using a wealth of tables, maps and illustrations, it provides points of entry to key issues for students and scholars alike. This collection brings together an international team of distinguished scholars to produce an innovative and accessible guide to the controversial course of modern German history. Exploring the main issues in social, economic, cultural, and political history, the book reflects the diversity and liveliness of the field. Using a wealth of tables, maps and illustrations, it provides points of entry to key issues for students and scholars alike.
Synopsis
In 1800, there was no "Germany" as we think of a unitary nation state today. Still nominally held together under the framework of the Holy Roman Empire, its political shape and boundaries were in a state of flux. In the following two centuries, Germany went through massive transformations. This collection brings together an international team of distinguished scholars to produce an innovative and accessible guide to the controversial course of modern German history. Exploring the main issues in social, economic, cultural, and political history, the book reflects the diversity and liveliness of the field. Using a wealth of tables, maps and illustrations, it provides points of entry to key issues for students and scholars alike.
Synopsis
This collection brings together an international team of distinguished scholars to produce an innovative and accessible guide to the controversial course of modern German history. Exploring the main issues in social, economic, cultural, and political history, the book reflects the diversity and liveliness of the field. Using a wealth of tables, maps and illustrations, it provides points of entry to key issues for students and scholars alike.
About the Author
Mary Fulbrook is at University College. John Breuilly is at University of Birmingham.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section I: 1800-1870
The German lands before 1815
Germany 1815-1848: Restoration or pre-march?
Economic, demographic and social changes
Cultural and intellectual trends
The revolutions of 1848 and the persistence of the old regime in Germany (1848-1850)
Revolution to unification
Section II: 1871-1918
Bismarckian Germany and the structure of the German empire
Demographic growth, industrialization and social change
Imperial Germany: Cultural and intellectual trends
Wilhelmine Germany
Section III: 1918-1945
Germany from war to dictatorship
The German inter-war economy
Culture and society in Weimar Germany
The rise of the Nazis: Sonderweg or spanner in the works?
Hitler and the Nazi dictatorship
The holocaust
Section IV: Germany since 1945
Division and stability: the Federal Republic of Germany 1949-1989
The failed experiment: East German communism
Ossis and Wessis: the creation of two German societies
Culture, history, and national identity in the two Germanies
The end of the GDR
Section V: Continuities and discontinuities in German history
The German tradition of historiography 1800-1995
The difficult rise of a civil society
The conditions for war and peace in modern German history
The national idea in modern German history
Chronology
Index.
Contributors
Mark Allinson, Bristol, UK
Stefan Berger, Cardiff, UK
Volker Berghahn, Providence, USA
Richard Bessel, Open University, UK
John Breuilly, Birmingham, UK
Erica Carter, Warwick, UK
Chris Clark, Cambridge, UK
Niall Ferguson, Oxford, UK
Ute Frevert, Universitat Konstanz, Germany
Karin Friedrich, London, UK
Mary Fulbrook, London, UK
Liz Harvey, Liverpool, UK
Matthew Jefferies, Manchester, UK
Ian Kershaw, Sheffield, UK
Jurgen Kocka, Berlin, Germany
W R Lee, Liverpool, UK
Kathy Lerman, London, UK
Charles Maier, Harvard University, USA
Jonathan Osmond, Cardiff, UK
Mark Roseman, Keele, UK
Wolfram Siemann, Munich, Germany
Nicholas Stargardt, London, UK
Jill Stephenson, Edinburgh, UK
Joachim Whaley, Cambridge, UK.