Synopses & Reviews
The studies in this book are the harvest of more than 20 years intensive research into the history of the German Empire by one of Germany's leading historians. Taken together, they offer a cogent analysis of the main developments and issues in a formative and portentous period of Germany's history.
The studies in this book are the result of more than 20 years of intensive research into the history of the German Empire by one of Germany's leading historians. Taken together, they offer a cogent analysis of the main developments and issues in a formative and portentous period of Germany's history. The studies in this book are the harvest of more than 20 years intensive research into the history of the German Empire by one of Germany's leading historians. Taken together, they offer a cogent analysis of the main developments and issues in a formative and portentous period of Germany's history. "An excellent introductory student guide."History
"An absolutely central contribution to major questions of German historical scholarship on the period 1870-1920"Michael John, University of East Anglia
Review
"An excellent introductory student guide."—History "An absolutely central contribution to major questions of German historical scholarship on the period 1870-1920"—Michael John, University of East Anglia
Review
"An excellent introductory student guide."History "An absolutely central contribution to major questions of German historical scholarship on the period 1870-1920"Michael John, University of East Anglia
Synopsis
The studies in this book are the harvest of more than 20 years intensive research into the history of the German Empire by one of Germany's leading historians. Taken together, they offer a cogent analysis of the main developments and issues in a formative and portentous period of Germany's history.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-292) and index.
Table of Contents
The German Empire as a system of skirted decisions
A delaying compromise: the division of authority in the German Imperial constitution of 1871
The Prussian conception of the state and the German idea of Empire: Prussia and the German Empire in recent German history
Society and state in Europe in the age of liberalism, 1870-1890
The causes and objectives of German imperialism before 1914
The economy, society and the state in the German Empire, 1870-1918
Culture and politics in the German Empire
The latent crisis of the Wilhelmine Empire : the state and society in Germany, 1890-1914
Domestic factors in German foreign policy before 1914
Public opinion and foreign policy in Wilhelmine Germany, 1897-1914
The spirit of 1914 and the ideology of a German "Sonderweg"
The social consequences of World War I: the case of Germany
The German revolution, 1918-1920: political revolution and social protest
Index.