Imperial Germany, 1850-1918

Name: Imperial Germany, 1850-1918
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ISBN: 9780415207898

ISBN-10: 0415207894

ISBN-13: 9780415207898

Edition: 2001

Authors: Edgar Joseph Feuchtwanger

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Imperial Germany focuses on the domestic political developments of the period, putting them into context through a balanced guide to the economic and social background, culture and foreign policy.This important study explores the tensions caused within an empire which was formed through war, against the prevailing liberal spirit of the age and poses many questions among them:* Was the desire to unify Germany the cause of the aggressive foreign policy leading to the First World War?* To what extent was Bismarck's Second Reich the forerunner of Hitler's Third?* Did Bismarck's authoritarian rule permanently hinder the political development of Germany?Recent debates raised by German scholarship…

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/2/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Chronology


Introduction


Maps



German nationalism between failure and revival 1850-1862



The wars of unification 1862-1870



Imperial Germany - the liberal phase 1870-1879



Bismarck's system in decline 1879-1890



The Wilhelmine age



Towards Weltpolitik and social imperialism 1890-1909



Stagnation at home, 'encirclement' abroad 1909-1914



Germany during the war years 1914-1918


Conclusion


App.: Tables


Suggestions for further reading


Index