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Imperial Germany 1871-1918
The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's "blood and iron" policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power were pre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; and its avant-garde artists reflected the ferment in European culture. But Germany also played a decisive role in tipping Europe's fragile balance of power over the brink and into the cataclysm of the First World War, eventually leading to the empire's collapse in military defeat and revolution in November 1918.

With contributions from an international team of twelve experts in the field, this volume offers an ideal introduction to this crucial era, taking care to situate Imperial Germany in the larger sweep of modern German history, without suggesting that Nazism or the Holocaust were inevitable endpoints to the developments charted here.
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Imperial Germany 1871-1918
The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's "blood and iron" policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power were pre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; and its avant-garde artists reflected the ferment in European culture. But Germany also played a decisive role in tipping Europe's fragile balance of power over the brink and into the cataclysm of the First World War, eventually leading to the empire's collapse in military defeat and revolution in November 1918.

With contributions from an international team of twelve experts in the field, this volume offers an ideal introduction to this crucial era, taking care to situate Imperial Germany in the larger sweep of modern German history, without suggesting that Nazism or the Holocaust were inevitable endpoints to the developments charted here.
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Imperial Germany 1871-1918

Imperial Germany 1871-1918

by James Retallack (Editor)
Imperial Germany 1871-1918
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Imperial Germany 1871-1918

Imperial Germany 1871-1918

by James Retallack (Editor)

Overview

The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's "blood and iron" policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power were pre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; and its avant-garde artists reflected the ferment in European culture. But Germany also played a decisive role in tipping Europe's fragile balance of power over the brink and into the cataclysm of the First World War, eventually leading to the empire's collapse in military defeat and revolution in November 1918.

With contributions from an international team of twelve experts in the field, this volume offers an ideal introduction to this crucial era, taking care to situate Imperial Germany in the larger sweep of modern German history, without suggesting that Nazism or the Holocaust were inevitable endpoints to the developments charted here.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199204885
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 06/02/2008
Series: Oxford Short History of Germany
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

James Retallack is Professor of History and German Studies at the University of Toronto. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Göttingen and the Free University, Berlin, and has published widely on German history from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.

Table of Contents

Introduction, James Retallack1. Bismarckian Germany, Katharine Anne Lerman2. Wilhelmine Germany, Mark Hewitson3. Economic and social developments, Brett Fairbairn4. Religion and confessional conflict, Christopher Clark5. Culture and the arts, Celia Applegate6. Gendered Germany, Angelika Schaser7. The bourgeoisie and reform, Edward Ross Dickinson8. Political culture and democratization, Thomas Kühne9. Militarism and radical nationalism, Roger Chickering10. Transnational Germany, Sebastian Conrad11. War and revolution, Jeffrey Verhey12. Looking forward, James RetallackFurther ReadingChronologyIndex
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