A History of Germany, 1800 to the Present is a commanding survey of modern German history that guides you from the turn of the 19th century right the way through to Germany's continuing world-power status today. Covering the revolutions of 1848-49, Bismarck, the World Wars, the Cold War and the progress of a reunified Germany, the 5th edition of this classic textbook provides an authoritative exploration of the country across the whole period like no other.
This edition includes:
* A new first chapter covering 1800-1815
* A greatly expanded chapter on the re-unification in 1989-90
* An absorbing final chapter on the political, economic, and social developments in the 'new' Federal Republic from 1990 to the present, including a comprehensive analysis of the financial crisis of 2008-2010
* Additional content throughout on: the political activism and engagement of women from 1848-49 to the present; the significance of German colonialism from 1884 to 1919; the origins of WWI; the Third Reich; and the GDR
* Biographical textbox vignettes of key actors
* For the first time, 40 images and 9 maps
Rich with insights into the key historiographical debates, this book offers a thorough introduction to Germany's complex modern history.
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In addition to preserving all of the strengths of William Carrs classic text on modern Germany, David Wetzel has done a brilliant job revising some interpretations on the basis of new scholarship and bringing the story up to the present. This is a clearly written, well informed account of Germanys fascinating and often tragic national history. * James Sheehan, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA *
Papildus informācija
The turbulent modern history of Germany in one masterful and now chronologically extended volume.
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| Preface |
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| Note on Geography |
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1 In the Shadow of France, 1800-15 |
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3 The Revolutions of 1848-9 |
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4 From Revolution to Unification |
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5 The Development of the Bismarckian Empire, 1871-90 |
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6 Bismarck's Foreign Policy, 1871-90 |
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7 The Germany of William II, 1890-1914 |
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8 Foreign Policy, 1890-1914 |
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9 Germany at War, 1914-18 |
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11 The Weimar Republic: The Critical Years, 1919-24 |
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12 The Rise and Fall of the Weimar Republic, 1924-33 |
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13 National Socialist Germany, 1933-45 |
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14 Foreign Policy and War 1933-45 |
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16 Relations between the Two Sides |
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| Notes |
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| Select Bibliography |
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| Index |
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William Carr was Professor of History at the University of Sheffield, UK. A former Chairman of the German History Society, Professor Carr authored numerous books on German history, including Hitler: A Study in Personality and Politics (1986) and The Origins of the Wars of German Unification (1991). The 4th edition of his classic textbook, A History of Germany 1815-1990, was published in 1991.
David Wetzel is Lecturer at the University of California Berkeley, USA. He is the author of A Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III and the Origins of the Franco-Prussian War (2001) and A Duel of Nations: Germany, France, and the Diplomacy of the War of 1870-1871 (2012). He is also the editor of From the Berlin Museum to the Berlin Wall: Essays on the Cultural and Political History of Modern Germany (1996).
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