Germany's Struggle for Modernity : Society, Economy, Culture, and Politics, 1780-1918.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kocka, Jürgen.

Contributor:

Berghahn, Volker.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--19th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Germany--History--1789-1900.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

"In the historiography of modern Germany, the nineteenth century's innovations marks a period of seismic change. From accelerating demographic growth to growing secularization and the rise of nationalism, it was a century which laid the foundations for both a civil society and the dictatorships of the twentieth century. In this comprehensive history of Germany from 1780 to 1918, Jürgen Kocka re-examines the transformative interactions that took place between society, economy, culture, and politics. Innovatively resituating these developments within a wider context of conflict and transformation in Europe, this book illuminates new ways to understand the emergence of classical modernity within the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Images of nineteenth-century Germany and their change over time

The century of industrialization

Population growth and patterns of migration-poverty and gradual amelioration

An increasingly bourgeois century

Education and scholarship, the sciences and the arts

Nation state, integration and war

Conclusion : the breakthrough of classical modernity.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Kocka, Jürgen Germany's Struggle for Modernity

ISBN:

9781805399605

OCLC:

1505733093