Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present. Provides readers with a long view of modern German history, revealing its continuities and changes Features updated and extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender Includes more in depth coverage of the German Democratic Republic Examines Germany's social, political, and economic history Covers the unification of Germany, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war division, the collapse of Communism, and developments since re-unification Addresses regional history rather than focusing on the dominant role of Prussia INDICE: List of Illustrations. Maps. Introduction. 1. Germany Under Napoleon. The Continental System. Resistance to Napoleon. The Prussian Reform Movement. Prussian Military Reforms. Educational Reform. The Confederation of the Rhine. Germany and the Defeat of Napoleon. The Congress of Vienna. 2. German Society in Transition. Women and Children. The Household. Town and Country. Agriculture. Industrialization. Class Structure. Jews. Social Change. 3. Restoration and Reform, 18151840. Demagogues and Radicals. Bourgeois Discontent. Nationalism. The Zollverein. Germany Under Metternich. Catholicism. Liberalism. 4. The Revolutions of 1848. Revolution. The Frankfurt Parliament. Olmütz. 5. The Struggle for Mastery, 18501866. Austro-Prussian Rivalry. The New Era. Changes inthe Social Structure. Liberalism and Conservatism. Social Democracy. PrussianArmy Reforms. Bismarck. The German Question. The Schleswig-Holstein Question.The Austro-Prussian War. 6. The Unification Of Germany, 18661871. Liberalism,Nationalism, and Particularism. The Franco-Prussian War. The German Empire. Bonapartism. The Military and Militarism. Nationalism. The German Jewish Community. 7. Bismarcks Germany. The Kulturkampf. Bismarck and the Liberals. Social Democracy. From Free Trade to Protectionism. The Anti-Socialist Laws. Bismarcks New Course. Social Policy. The Social Structure of Imperial Germany. Food and Drink. Fashion. Women. Attitudes Towards Sexuality. 8. Germany and Europe: 18711890. The Congress of Berlin. The Dual and Triple Alliances. Colonialism. The Collapse of Bismarcks System of Alliances. 9. Wilhelmine Germany: 18901914.William IIs System of Government. The Reichstag. Caprivi and the New Course. Hohenlohe. Tirpitz, the Navy, and World Politics. Navalism and Imperialism. Criticisms of the Naval Building Program. Bülow. Anglo-German Rivalry. The BülowBloc. Scandals and Crises. Bethmann Hollweg. The Challenge from Social Democracy. Armaments. The Balkan Crisis of 1912. 10. The First World War. Attitudes towards the War. War Aims. German Society in Wartime. Women. Mounting Opposition to the War. The Peace Resolution. The Impact of Bolshevik Revolution. The Failure of the March Offensive. Armistice Negotiations. 11. The Weimar Republic, 19191933. The Treaty of Versailles. The Weimar Constitution. The Kapp Putsch. Reparations. Rapallo. Hyperinflation and the Struggle for the Ruhr. Hindenburg Elected President. Locarno. The Depression. The Middle Class. The Working Class. Rural Society. The Demise of Parliamentary Democracy. Brüning. Papen. Schleicher. Hitler Appointed Chancellor. 12. The Nazi Dictatorship. The Reichstag Fire. Gleichschaltung. The Persecution of the Jews: The First Phase. The SA and the Röhm Putsch. Hitler Becomes Head of
- ISBN: 978-0-470-65581-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 440
- Fecha Publicación: 08/04/2011
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