| Introduction | p. ix |
| Author's note | p. xi |
| The making of Germany | p. 1 |
| Geography | |
| The origins of Germany | |
| Medieval Germany | |
| The Holy Roman Empire of the German nation | |
| The Thirty Years' War | |
| The age of absolutism | |
| Revolution! | |
| The rise of Prussia | |
| The industrial era | |
| 1848 and the Frankfurt Parliament | |
| Bismarck and a united Germany | |
| The military state | |
| The Great War | |
| The Weimar Republic: experiment in democracy | |
| Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party | |
| Two German republics | |
| Reunification | |
| The German language | p. 26 |
| Aspects of modern German | |
| The German language | |
| The origins of the German language | |
| Modern German | |
| Literature and philosophy | p. 38 |
| 8th-10th century: the origins of German literature | |
| 12th-14th century: early medieval literature | |
| The Reformation and beyond | |
| 18th century: Germany, land of Dichter und Denker | |
| 19th century: from French Revolution to German unification | |
| from Expressionism to the Weimar Republic | |
| In the shadow of the swastika | |
| Post-war literature | |
| East German literature | |
| Literature of reunified Germany | |
| Contemporary literature | |
| Art and architecture | p. 61 |
| Pre-8th century: Roman remains | |
| 8th-10th century: early period | |
| 11th century: Romanesque | |
| 13th century: Gothic | |
| 15th century: Renaissance | |
| 17th and 18th centuries: Baroque and Rococo | |
| 18th century: Neoklassik | |
| 19th century: Romantik | |
| Late 19th century: Biedermeier | |
| The end of the 19th century: Sezession and Jugendstil | |
| In the shadow of the swastika | |
| Modern architecture | |
| Problems of unification | |
| Modern German artists | |
| German music | p. 83 |
| Vorspiel: The contemporary scene | |
| Ouverture: 20th-century composers | |
| Erster Satz: Back to the roots | |
| Zweiter Satz: Baroque and the organ | |
| Dritter Satz: the symphony | |
| Vierter Satz: the German opera | |
| Funfter Satz: the Singspiel and the Lied | |
| Finale | |
| Traditions, festivals and folklore | p. 101 |
| Von der Wiege bis zur Bahre: from the cradle to the grave | |
| Rund ums Jahr. all the year round | |
| Some regional titbits | |
| 'Es war einmal', or 'once upon a time': some common folktales from Germany | |
| Creativity and achievements in other spheres | p. 117 |
| Science and technology | |
| Food and drink | |
| Media | |
| The internet | |
| Politics in Germany | p. 133 |
| The Federal Republic of Germany | |
| Das Grundgesetz: the constitution | |
| The basics for living | p. 149 |
| Education | |
| Health | |
| Housing | |
| Transport | |
| The Germans at work and play | p. 165 |
| The Germans at work | |
| The Germans at play | |
| The Germans at work and play | |
| The German people | p. 179 |
| Some German stereotypes | |
| Demographics | |
| Popular names | |
| Terms of address | |
| Women in Germany | |
| The environment | |
| Religious observance | |
| Judaism in Germany | |
| Racism | |
| The 'typical' German | |
| Into the future - Germany in the wider world | p. 194 |
| German identity: German? European? Weltburger? | |
| German economic strength into the 21st century | |
| Foreign policy today | |
| Into the future | |
| Timeline | p. 204 |
| Recipes | p. 214 |
| Index | p. 222 |
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