Germany Since 1789: A Nation Forged and Renewed

ISBN-13: 9781137350046 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 536 str.

David G. Williamson

Opis

This essential text provides a clear and engaging introduction to the history of modern Germany. The updated and expanded new edition now takes the story back to 1789 and brings it right up to the present day, adopting a controversy-led approach throughout. Visual evidence, maps, documents and key event boxes support the text and aid learning.

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List of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements Maps PART I: GERMANY UNIFIED, 1789-1871 1. Germany Recast: The French Revolutionary Wars and the Vienna Settlement, 1789-1815 2. The Post-War Era, 1815-1847: Restoration and Change. 3. Revolution and Reaction, 1847-1858 4. The Unification of Germany, 1858-1871 PART II: THE SECOND EMPIRE, 1871-1918 5. Economic, Social and Cultural Transformation 6. Domestic Politics from Bismarck to Bethmann Hollweg 7. German Foreign Policy, 1871-1914 8. Germany at War, 1914-1918 PART III: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC AND THE THIRD REICH 9. Revolution and Instability, October 1918-1923  10. Partial Stabilization, 1924-1929 11. The Change of Regime: The Collapse of Weimar and the Formation and Consolidation of the Third Reich, 1930-1934 12. The Third Reich, 1933-1939 13. Expansion, War and Defeat PART IV: PARTITION AND UNIFICATION 14. Occupation and Division, 1945-49 15. The Cold war and the Two Germanies, 1950-1988 16. Domestic Developments in the Two German States, 1949-1963 17. The Decades of Challenge: The Two Germanies, 1963-1988 18. Reunification and After  PART V: ASSESSMENT 19. Is There a German Sonderweg? PART VI: DOCUMENTS Notes and References  Bibliography  Glossary and Abbreviations  Index.

O autorze

David Williamson is a former head of History and is now a freelance writer and lecturer. He has written widely on German and international history.