A history of modern Germany / by Hajo Holborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holborn, Hajo, 1902-1969.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--History.

Germany.

History.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton Univ. Pr., 1982.

Summary:

Dealing with the growth of absolutism, the author traces the founding of the Hapsburg empire and the rise of Bradenburg-Prussia, culminating in the conflict between Maria Theresa and Frederick the Great. Professor Holborn explores the impact of the French Revolution on Germany, its part in the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, and the subsequent reorganization of the German states.

Contents:

[1] The Reformation.

[2] 1648-1840.

[3] 1840-1945.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1959.

Includes indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Furness has v.1 only.

ISBN:

0691007969

OCLC:

9001904