A History of Modern Germany

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"Overall, Kitchen offers a well-written and useful text for anyone studying or interested in modern Germany history." (Times Higher Education Supplement, 23 February 2012)"Kitchen's History of Modern Germany provides acomprehensive and lively account of key developments in Germanhistory from the early nineteenth century to the post-unificationperiod. Ranging from diplomatic and political history to women'shistory, sexuality, Jews, food, drink and fashion, and changingpatterns of social stratification, Kitchen's second edition, withnewly written sections on Nazism and the GDR, incorporates the verylatest historical research while remaining readable and accessibleto a wide audience." --Stuart Taberner, University of Leeds "Whoever looks for a classic political history of modernGermany, is best served with Martin Kitchen's most reliable, wellorganized and up-to-date account." --Thomas Kühne, Clark University "Martin Kitchen has provided a lucid and scholarly narrativefocused on Germany's emergence as a national state from itsfragmented condition in the early 19th century andpost-1945 decades. Along the way, he has interwoven the necessarypolitical, economic, social, and cultural trends that are useful inproviding a comprehensive account of the complexities that markthis history up to Angela Merkel. He has also effectively usedstatistics and vivid portraits of the actors to offer a livinghistory." --Donald Dietrich, Boston College