Revolutions in Modern German History
1st Edition
Published on 29. May 2025
240 pages
978-1-350-07263-3 (ISBN)
Description
Andrew G. Bonnell's innovative survey examines the history of revolution in modern Germany by focusing on key revolutionary developments in the German states. There is coverage of Germany and the French Revolution, the 1848 revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, the 1918-19 revolution, the Nazi 'revolution' of 1933, the revolution from above in Eastern Germany 1945-49, and the revolution in East Germany in 1989-90.
Revolutions in Modern German History sheds new light on the subject by stressing the continuity of conflicts between revolution and counter-revolution in German history, thereby restoring a sense of the dramatic social conflicts that punctuated the history of the country. It also reveals the significance of wider European and transnational developments of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements and events. Bonnell even reconstructs a sense of the participants' changing 'horizon of expectations' during these events by looking in-depth at the lives of men and women who lived and experienced these tumultuous times.
Revolutions in Modern German History sheds new light on the subject by stressing the continuity of conflicts between revolution and counter-revolution in German history, thereby restoring a sense of the dramatic social conflicts that punctuated the history of the country. It also reveals the significance of wider European and transnational developments of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements and events. Bonnell even reconstructs a sense of the participants' changing 'horizon of expectations' during these events by looking in-depth at the lives of men and women who lived and experienced these tumultuous times.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
File size
4,81 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-350-07263-3 (9781350072633)
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Revolutions in Modern German History
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Andrew G. Bonnell is Professor of History at the University of Queensland, Australia. His books include Shylock in Germany: Antisemitism and the German Theatre from the Enlightenment to the Nazis (2008), Red Banners, Books and Beer Mugs. The Mental World of German Social Democrats, 1863-1914(2021) and Robert Michels, Socialism, and Modernity (2023). He has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters, mainly on modern German history. He is a former editor of the Australian Journal of Politics and History, and is on the editorial advisory board of German History and European History Quarterly.
Content
List of Maps
Introduction
Part One: Tracing the History
1. The French Revolution and the German States
2. The 1848 Revolutions
3. Germany's Industrial Revolution
4. The End of the Empire and the Revolution of 1918-1919
5. The Nazi Takeover of Power, 1933: National Revolution or Counterrevolution?
6. 1945-1949: Revolution from above, and outside? The Foundation of the German Democratic Republic
7. Democratic Revolution against State Socialism and the End of the GDR, 1989-1990
Part Two: New Directions
8. Understanding Revolution: German Understandings of Revolution and Revolutions
9. Germany's Incomplete Revolution? Modernization and 'Special Paths'
10. The Federal Republic after 1949: Restoration or New Beginning?
11. Cultural Revolutions
12. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part One: Tracing the History
1. The French Revolution and the German States
2. The 1848 Revolutions
3. Germany's Industrial Revolution
4. The End of the Empire and the Revolution of 1918-1919
5. The Nazi Takeover of Power, 1933: National Revolution or Counterrevolution?
6. 1945-1949: Revolution from above, and outside? The Foundation of the German Democratic Republic
7. Democratic Revolution against State Socialism and the End of the GDR, 1989-1990
Part Two: New Directions
8. Understanding Revolution: German Understandings of Revolution and Revolutions
9. Germany's Incomplete Revolution? Modernization and 'Special Paths'
10. The Federal Republic after 1949: Restoration or New Beginning?
11. Cultural Revolutions
12. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
