A History of Modern Germany

1871 to Present
Eighth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-138-74223-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 181 mm, Gewicht: 1098 g

A History of Modern Germany is a well-established text that presents a balanced survey of the last 150 years of German history, stretching from nineteenth-century imperial Germany, through political division and reunification, and into the present day.

Beginning in the early 1870s and covering topics such as Wilhelmenian Germany, the World Wars, revolution, inflation and putsches, the Weimar Republic, the Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic, the book offers a comprehensive overview of the entire period of modern German history. Fully updated throughout, this new edition details foreign policy, political and economic history and includes increased coverage of social and cultural history, and history ‘from the bottom up’, as well as containing a new chapter that brings it right up to the present day.

The book is supported by full discussion of past and present historiographic debates, illustrations, maps, further readings and biographies of key German political, economic and cultural figures within the Im Mittelpunkt feature. Fully exploring the complicated path of Germany’s troubled past and stable present, A History of Modern Germany provides the perfect grounding for all students of German history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orlow, Dietrich (Boston University, USA)

Orlow, Dietrich

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps List of Figures Preface 1 The Founders’ Generation 1871–1890 2 Wilhelmenian Germany 1890–1914 3 World War I 1914–1918 4 Revolution, Inflation, and Putsches The Search for a New Consensus, 1918–1923 5 Fools’ Gold: The Weimar Republic 1924–1930 6 From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism 1930–1938 7 Conquest, Death, and Defeat 1938–1945 8 "Condominium of the Allied Powers" 1945–1949 9 The Federal Republic of Germany 1949–1990 10 The German Democratic Republic 1949–1990 11 Euphoria and Disillusionment, 1990–2005 12 The New Normal 2005 to the Present 13 Conclusion Suggestions for Further Reading Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dietrich Orlow is Professor (emerit.) of History at Boston University. He has taught and written extensively on contemporary German and European history. His recent books include Common Destiny: A Comparative History of the Dutch, French, and German Social Democratic Parties, 1945-1969 (2000) and Socialist Reformers and the Collapse of the German Democratic Republic (2015).