Imperial Germany 1871-1918 (The Short Oxford History of Germany)

345 Pages·2008·1.39 MB·English

by  James Retallack

TheShortOxfordHistoryofGermany
Imperial Germany 1871–1918
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The Short Oxford History of Germany
Imperial Germany
1871 – 1918
Edited by James Retallack
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ImperialGermany,1871–1918/editedbyJamesRetallack.
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TheShortOxfordHistoryofGermany
TheShortOxfordHistoryofGermanyseriesprovidesaconcise,readable,
and authoritative point of entry for the history of Germany, from the
dawnofthenineteenthcenturytothepresentday.Theseriesisdivided
intofivevolumes,eachonedealingwithadistinctphaseinthecountry’s
history.Thefirsttwovolumestakethereaderfromthedyingdaysofthe
HolyRomanEmpire, throughunificationunder Prussianleadership in
1871,tothecollapseoftheWilhelmineReichattheendoftheFirstWorld
War. The subsequent three volumes then focus on the Weimar period
from1919to1933;thecalamitousyearsoftheThirdReichandtheSecond
WorldWar;andGermanysince1945,firstastwoseparatestatesonthe
frontlineoftheColdWarandlaterasareunifiedcountryattheheartof
Europe.
nowavailable:
Germany,1800–1870
NaziGermany,1933–1945
inpreparation:
WeimarGermany,1919–1933
Germanysince1945
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Contents
Listofmaps xi
Listofcontributors xii
Introduction 1
JamesRetallack
Continuityandrupture 2
‘Playingwithscales’ 6
Contestingthepast 8
Keythemes 11
1 BismarckianGermany 18
KatharineAnneLerman
Thenewempire 20
GermanyinEurope 23
Bismarck’sforeignpolicy 26
Thetaskofnationalconsolidation 31
Bismarck’sdomesticpolicies 34
TheendoftheBismarckianera 38
2 WilhelmineGermany 40
MarkHewitson
Socialtraditionsandconflictsinanervousage 41
Domesticpolitics 43
WorldempiresandEuropeanpolitics 50
TheFirstWorldWar 55
ImperialGermany’splaceinhistory 57
3 Economicandsocialdevelopments 61
BrettFairbairn
Classsociety 62
Fromagrariantoindustrialstate 69
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Bigbusiness,technology,andthestate 73
Complexidentities 77
Conclusion 80
4 Religionandconfessionalconflict 83
ChristopherClark
Conflict 86
Integration 93
TheJews 95
Religion,secularization,modernization 101
5 Cultureandthearts 106
CeliaApplegate
Institutionsoftheculturalworld 109
Amateursandartculture 112
Seriousartandtheartestablishment 116
Artforentertainment 119
GermanModernismandtheavant-garde 120
6 GenderedGermany 128
AngelikaSchaser
Thegendereddistributionoflife’sopportunities 130
Childhoodandyouth 131
Educationandtraining 133
Employment 135
Waysoflife 138
Oldageanddeath 140
Thewomen’smovementandanti-feminism 140
Nationalism,‘highpolitics’,andwar 144
Conclusion 147
7 Thebourgeoisieandreform 151
EdwardRossDickinson
Identity,politics,values 152
contents ix
Therangeanddiversityofreform 156
Thepotentialsanddynamicsofbourgeoisreform 166
Unityindiversity:assumptions,orientations,strategies 169
8 Politicalcultureanddemocratization 174
ThomasKu¨hne
Theauthoritarianstateanditshistorians 177
Nationbuildingandsocialpillarization 182
Newdeparturesatthefindesi`ecle 186
Pathstowardsdemocracy 191
9 Militarismandradicalnationalism 196
RogerChickering
Soldiersandpolicy 197
Themilitarizationofculture 199
Warandthediscourseofpolitics 202
Populistmilitarism 206
Thenationaloppositionandthemilitary 211
10 TransnationalGermany 219
SebastianConrad
Transnationalhistoriography 221
Actors,media,publicspheres 224
‘Worldpolitics’,worldmarkets,mobility 226
Politicsofthenation 230
Subjectivities,representations,knowledge 232
Germanyintheworld 235
Takingstock 238
11 Warandrevolution 242
JeffreyVerhey
Thespiritof1914:publicopinioninJulyandAugust 243
Militarydevelopments 245
Thehomefront 247