Imperial Germany 1871-1918

Name: Imperial Germany 1871-1918
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ISBN: 9780199204878

ISBN-10: 019920487X

ISBN-13: 9780199204878

Edition: 2008

Authors: James Retallack

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The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's 'blood and iron' policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power werepre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; and its avant-garde artists reflected the ferment in European culture. But Germany also played a decisive role in tipping Europe's fragile balance of power over the brink and into thecataclysm of the First World War, eventually leading to the empire's collapse in military defeat and revolution in…

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List price: $42.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

James Retallack is Professor of History and German Studies at the University of Toronto.

Introduction, James Retallack 1. Bismarckian Germany, Katharine Anne Lerman 2. Wilhelmine Germany, Mark Hewitson 3. Economic and social developments, Brett Fairbairn 4. Religion and confessional conflict, Christopher Clark 5. Culture and the arts, Celia Applegate 6. Gendered Germany, Angelika Schaser 7. The bourgeoisie and reform, Edward Ross Dickinson 8. Political culture and democratization, Thomas Kuhne 9. Militarism and radical nationalism, Roger Chickering 10. Transnational Germany, Sebastian Conrad 11. War and revolution, Jeffrey Verhey 12. Looking forward, James Retallack Further Reading Chronology Index