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A concise history of Germany / Mary Fulbrook.
LIBRA DD89 .F794 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fulbrook, Mary, 1951-
- Series:
- Cambridge concise histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany--History.
- Germany.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- This book provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of German history from the early middle ages to the present day. The multi-faceted, problematic history of the German lands has provoked a wide range of debates and differences of interpretation. Mary Fulbrook provides a crisp synthesis of a vast array of historical material, and explores the interrelationships between social, political and cultural factors in the light of scholarly controversies. First published in 1990, A Concise History of Germany appeared in an updated edition in 1992, and in a second edition in 2004. It is the only single-volume history of Germany in English which offers a broad, general coverage. It has become standard reading for all students of German, European studies and history, and is a useful guide to general readers, members of the business community and travellers to Germany.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: The German Lands and People 1
- 2 Mediaeval Germany 9
- The beginnings of German history 9
- Germany in the early and high middle ages 13
- Germany in the later middle ages 22
- 3 The Age of Confessionalism, 1500-1648 33
- The German Reformation: the early years 34
- The German Peasants' War 40
- The development of the German Reformation 43
- Germany in the age of Counter-Reformation 50
- The Thirty Years War 53
- The Peace of Westphalia and the effects of the War 60
- 4 The Age of Absolutism, 1648-1815 69
- Absolutism and the rise of Prussia 72
- Religion, culture and Enlightenment 84
- The impact of the French Revolution 94
- 5 The Age of Industrialisation, 1815-1918 104
- Restoration Germany, 1815-48 104
- The revolutions of 1848 116
- The unification of Germany 122
- Germany under Bismarck 131
- Society and politics in Wilhelmine Germany 137
- Culture in Imperial Germany 144
- Foreign policy and the First World War 148
- 6 Democracy and Dictatorship, 1918-45 155
- The Weimar Republic: origins and early years 156
- The period of apparent stabilisation 167
- The collapse of Weimar democracy 172
- The consolidation of Hitler's power 179
- Foreign policy and war 187
- Holocaust, resistance and defeat 197
- 7 The Two Germanies, 1945-90 205
- The creation of the two Germanies 205
- From establishment to consolidation 212
- Politics in the two Germanies, 1949-89 220
- Economy and society in West Germany 230
- Economy and society in the GDR, 1949-89 235
- The revolution of 1989 and the unification of Germany 243
- 8 The Federal Republic of Germany Since 1990 250
- 9 Patterns and Problems of German History 258.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-271) and index.
- Originally published: 1991.
- ISBN:
- 0521833205
- 0521540712
- OCLC:
- 53392281
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