The 19th-century saw the creation of two major new states in western Europe: Italy and Germany. The precise shape and configuration of Germany, in particular, was not a forgone conclusion, nor of course were its subsequent patterns of development. However, it was clear at an early stage that whatever political arrangement was arrived at for these key lands of the Holy Roman Empire, their influence - intellectual, cultural, and artistic as well as social, economic, and political - would be formidable. Based on the first part of "Germany since 1800", this account has been revised and updated throughout and a new chapter on World War I added. It provides an introduction to the key issues of the period, informed by the latest research.
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This is an outstanding textbook. Truly immense fields are handled with real panache. German History The best available introduction an excellent choice of contributors. T.C.W. Blanning, Professor of History, University
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Verlagsort
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 228 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-340-76234-9 (9780340762349)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 1800-1870: the German lands before 1815; Germany 1815-1848 - restoration or pre-March?; "Relative backwardness" and long-run development - economic, demographic and social changes; cultural and intellectual trends; the revolution of 1848-49 and the persistence of the old regime in Germany (1848-1850); revolution to unification. Part 2 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. Part 3 1918-1945: Germany from war to dictatorship; the German inter-war economy - political choice versus economic determinism; culture and society in Weimar Germany - the impact of modernism and mass culture; the rise of the Nazis - "Sonderweg" or spanner in the works; Hitler and the Nazi dictatorship; the Holocaust. Part 4 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 since 1945; the end of the GDR - revolution and voluntary annexation.
