This collection of essays presents the most recent work on Germany's stormy and problematic encounter with mass politics from the time of Bismarck to the Nazi era. The authors--sixteen scholars from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Germany--consider this problem from novel and sometimes surprising viewpoints. The history of elections, narrowly conceived, is abandoned in favor of a broader inquiry into roots of German political loyalties and their relationship to the historic cleavages of class, gender, language, religion, generation and locality. The essays not only present...
This collection of essays presents the most recent work on Germany's stormy and problematic encounter with mass politics from the time of Bismarck to ...
Before the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, Germany was undergoing convulsive socioeconomic and political change. With unification as a nation state under Bismarck in 1871, Germany experienced the advent of mass politics, based on the principle of one man, one vote. The dynamic, diverse political culture that emerged challenged the adaptability of the 'interlocking directorate of the Right.' To serve as a bulwark of the authoritarian state, the Right needed to exploit traditional sources of power while mobilizing new political recruits, but until Emperor Wilhelm II's abdication in 1918 these...
Before the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, Germany was undergoing convulsive socioeconomic and political change. With unification as a nation state u...
Despite recent studies of imperial Germany that emphasize the empire s modern and reformist qualities, the question remains: to what extent could democracy have flourished in Germany s stony soil? In Germany s Second Reich, James Retallack continues his career-long inquiry into the era of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II with a wide-ranging reassessment of the period and its connections with past traditions and future possibilities.
In this volume, Retallack reveals the complex and contradictory nature of the Second Reich, presenting Imperial Germany as it was seen by...
Despite recent studies of imperial Germany that emphasize the empire s modern and reformist qualities, the question remains: to what extent could d...
Prominent historians provide insights into the social, political, and intellectual components of German conservatism from its origins in the late 18th century, through to the end of the Third Reich. These essays provide the basis for a collective reassessment of the role that conservatism has played in Germany's national development.
Prominent historians provide insights into the social, political, and intellectual components of German conservatism from its origins in the late 18th...
