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NINETEENTH CENTURY GERMANY

Politics, Culture And Society 1780 - 1918

Paperback Book
Edited by John Breuilly
Over 290 pages
Copyright © 2001 by Edward Arnold

" In the late eighteenth century 'Germany' was a loose collection of states. These were shortly to be subject to devastating defeats and political reorganization at the hands of Napoleonic France. Less than a century later most of Germany was unified into one state and occupied a defeated France. Less than fifty years after that Germany was once again defeated and part of her territory occupied by France. "

" Accompanying these dramatic territorial and military transformations were equally radical and significant political, social, economic and cultural changes. Germany at the beginning of the period was largely an agrarian economy and rural society; by 1918 industrial production and urban life dominated. Universal schooling and literacy had been achieved; mass politics had displaced the intrigues of courts; Germany's innovative contributions to music, painting, literature, science, technology, the art of warfare and much else were second to none. A republic was proclaimed at the end of 1918, bringing an end to a long history of monarchical rule in Germany. "

" It is extraordinarily difficult for any single historian to do justice to changes so varied, complex and controversial. Instead, in this book an international team of scholars, experts in their fields, have collaborated to produce an innovative work that blends the basic guidance of a conventional textbook with analysis of central issues in political, social, economic and cultural history. "

Contents include:

" List of maps
List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface

1. Introduction John Breuilly

PART I: 1780 - 1871
Introduction to Part I
2. The German lands before 1815 Joachim Whaley
3. Germany 1815-1848: Restoration or pre-March? Christopher Clark
4. 'Relative Backwardness' and long-run development: economic, demographic and social changes Robert Lee
5. Cultural and intellectual trends Karin Friedrich
6. The revolutions of 1848-1849 and the persistence of the old regime in Germany (1848-1850) Wolfram Siemann
7. Revolution to unification John Breuilly

PART II: 1871 - 1918
8. Bismarckian Germany and the structure of the German Empire Katharine A. Lerman
9. Demographic growth, industrialization and social change Volker Berghahn
10. Wilhelmine Germany Katharine A. Lerman
11. Imperial Germany: cultural and intellectual trends Matthew Jefferies
12. The First World War Roger Chickering

Appendix 1: Some basic statistics for Germany, 1815-1918
Appendix 2: Chronology: Germany, 1800-1918
Notes on the contributors
Index "

This book is in very good condition with minor wear to the cover including a light crease on the back.
There are several pages with some underlining, highlighting, and notations written in the margins.
No torn or ripped pages.

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