History of Germany 1780-1918

The Long Nineteenth Century
2. Auflage Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-631-23196-7
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 686 g

This history offers a powerful and original account of Germany from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War One.
- Written by a leading German historian who has transformed the historiography of modern Germany over the past two decades.

- Covers the whole of the long nineteenth century and emphasizes continuities through this period.

- Brings together political, social and cultural history.

- Combines a comprehensive account with a feel for the human dimension and the history of everyday life.

- Accessible to non-specialists, thought-provoking and entertaining.

- The updated second edition includes a revised bibliography.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blackbourn, David (Harvard University

Blackbourn, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps.

List of Tables.

List of Figures.

List of Plates.

Preface to the First Edition.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Acknowledgements.

Prologue: Germany in the Late Eighteenth Century.

Part I: The Age of Revolutions, 1789–1848:.

1 In the Shadow of France.

2 Germany in Transition.

3 The Revolutions of 1848–9.

Part II: The Age of Progress:.

4 Economy and Society Transformed.

5 From Reaction to Unification.

6 Progress and its Discontents.

Part III: The Age of Modernity, 1880–1914:.

7 ‘Made in Germany': A New Economic Order.

8 Society and Culture.

9 The Old Politics and the New.

Epilogue: Germany at War, 1914–18.

Notes.

Selected Bibliography of English Language Works.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

David Blackbourn is Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University. His previous publications include Class, Religion and Local Politics in Wilhelmine Germany (1980), The Peculiarities of German History (with Geoff Eley, 1984), Populists and Patricians (1987), and the prize-winning Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Bismarckian Germany (1993).