Modern Germany Reconsidered: 1870-1945

by Gordon Martel (Editor)

Overview

First Published in 2004. In this major textbook, leading international scholars provide clear, concise summaries of many of the most important controversies and developments in German history from 1870-1945. Twelve contributors, distinguished for their detailed and original work, summarize the nature of the controversies, explain the various interpretations, and offer their own conclusions and arguments. Each essay is new and has been specially commissioned for this book. Modern Germany Reconsidered represents essential reading for second- and third-year undergraduates on a range of Modern Germany courses. The book has been designed and written exclusively for students, to function as a major course text, or as a set of supplementary readings to support other texts. Modern Germany Reconsidered follows the chronological development of the whole range of modern German history, whilst highlighting themes of special interest: the role of women, economics, German liberalism, the Holocaust.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138150799
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/2016
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gordon Martel teaches in the Department of History and Political Economy at the Royal Roads Military College, Victoria, Canada.

Table of Contents

1 Bismarckian Germany 2 Wilhelmine Germany 3 Industry, Empire and the First World War 4 Culture and Politics in the Weimar Republic 5 The Nature of German Liberalism 6 The Rise of National Socialism 1919–1933 7 Women in Modern Germany 8 Nazism and Social Revolution 9 Hitler and the Coming of the War 10 The ‘Final Solution’ 11 The Economic Dimension in German History 12 German History: Past, Present and Future 13 Bibliographical Essay