Martin Kitchen, Lauren Faulkner Rossi

A History of Modern Germany (eBook, ePUB)

1800 to the Present

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A HISTORY OF MODERN GERMANY A History of Modern Germany provides a comprehensive account of the social, political, and economic history of Germany from 1800 to the present. Written in an engaging and accessible narrative style, this popular textbook offers an expansive view of the nation's complex and fragmented past, tracing the development of the German national consciousness through Napoleonic rule, the unification of Germany, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war division, the collapse of Communism, reunification, and the first two decades of the 21st century. Throughout the text, the authors discuss the tensions prompted by structural changes within Germany, long-term shifts in demographics, social and economic reforms, and more. Now in its third edition, A History of Modern Germany offers richer coverage of German cultural history, the German Democratic Republic, modernization, class, religion, and gender. Updated chapters explore continuity in imperial projects from Bismarck to Hitler, memory and commemoration since 1945, the distinct but intertwined histories of the two Germanys between 1949 and 1989, and the experience of diversity after the Second World into the post-unification era. A History of Modern Germany: 1800 to the Present, Third Edition is an excellent textbook for undergraduate students taking courses in modern German history or modern European history as well as general readers with an interest in the subject.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119746416
• Artikelnr.: 68630686

Autorenporträt

Martin Kitchen is Professor Emeritus of History at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His books include Nazi Germany at War, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany, The German Offensives of 1918, The Third Reich: Charisma and Community, and Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941--1943. Internationally recognized as a key author in the study of contemporary history, Professor Kitchen has served on the editorial boards of International History Review, Canadian Journal of History, and International Affairs. Lauren Faulkner Rossi is Assistant Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, where she teaches courses on World War II and modern German history. She is the author of Wehrmacht Priests and has published articles in journals such as Contemporary European History, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Journal of Modern History.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations x

Maps xii

Introduction to the Second Edition 1

A Note on the Third Edition 7

1 Germany Under Napoleon 9

The Continental System 11

Resistance to Napoleon 12

The Prussian Reform Movement 13

Prussian Military Reforms 17

Educational Reform 18

The Confederation of the Rhine 20

Germany and the Defeat of Napoleon 21

The Congress of Vienna 22

2 German Society in Transition 24

Women and Children 27

The Household 29

Town and Country 30

Agriculture 31

Industrialization 33

Class Structure 36

Jews 40

Social Change 41

3 Restoration and Reform 1815-1840 43

Demagogues and Radicals 44

Bourgeois Discontent 47

Nationalism 48

The Zollverein 50

Germany Under Metternich 52

Catholicism 55

Liberalism 56

Radicalism 57

4 The Revolutions of 1848 59

Revolution 62

The Frankfurt Parliament 64

Olmütz 70

5 The Struggle for Mastery 1850-1866 72

Austro-Prussian Rivalry 73

The "New Era" 75

Changes in the Social Structure 76

Liberalism and Conservatism 78

Social Democracy 79

Prussian Army Reforms 82

Bismarck 83

The German Question 84

The Schleswig- Holstein Question 86

The Austro-Prussian War 87

6 The Unification of Germany 1866-1871 90

Liberalism, Nationalism, and Particularism 93

The Franco-Prussian War 94

The German Empire 96

Bonapartism 99

The Military and Militarism 101

Nationalism 104

The German Jewish Community 105

7 Bismarck's Germany 111

The Kulturkampf 112

Bismarck and the Liberals 115

Social Democracy 116

From Free Trade to Protectionism 116

The Anti-Socialist Laws 118

Bismarck's New Course 119

Social Policy 121

The Social Structure of Imperial Germany 122

Food and Drink 124

Fashion 125

Women 126

Attitudes Toward Sexuality 128

8 Germany and Europe 1871-1890 132

The Congress of Berlin 134

The Dual and Triple Alliances 135

German Imperialism: Bismarck's Colonialism 136

The Collapse of Bismarck's System of Alliances 138

9 Wilhelmine Germany 1890-1914 141

William II's System of Government 143

The Reichstag 145

Caprivi and the "New Course" 146

Hohenlohe 149

Tirpitz, the Navy, and "World Politics" 150

German Imperialism: Navalism and Overseas Colonization 151

Criticisms of the Naval Building Program 153

Bülow 154

Anglo-German Rivalry 155

The Bülow Bloc 156

Scandals and Crises 157

Bethmann Hollweg 159

The Challenge from Social Democracy 160

Armaments 161

The Balkan Crisis of 1912 162

10 The First World War 165

Attitudes Toward the War 167

War Aims 168

German Society in Wartime 168

Women and the Family 171

Mounting Opposition to the War 173

The Peace Resolution 174

The Impact of the Bolshevik Revolution 176

The Failure of the March Offensive 177

Armistice Negotiations 179

11 The Weimar Republic 1919-1933 181

The Treaty of Versailles 182

The Weimar Constitution 1