Revolutions in Modern German History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonnell, Andrew, 1960- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Bloomsbury history of modern Germany series.

The Bloomsbury history of modern Germany series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Germany.

Revolutions.

Germany--History--1789-1900.

Germany.

Germany--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

Andrew G. Bonnell's innovative survey examines the history of revolution in modern Germany by focusing on key revolutionary developments in the German states. There is coverage of Germany and the French Revolution, the 1848 revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, the 1918-19 revolution, the Nazi 'revolution' of 1933, the revolution from above in Eastern Germany 1945-49, and the revolution in East Germany in 1989-90. Revolutions in Modern German History sheds new light on the subject by stressing the continuity of conflicts between revolution and counter-revolution in German history, thereby restoring a sense of the dramatic social conflicts that punctuated the history of the country. It also reveals the significance of wider European and transnational developments of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements and events. Bonnell even reconstructs a sense of the participants' changing 'horizon of expectations' during these events by looking in-depth at the lives of men and women who lived and experienced these tumultuous times.

Contents:

List of Maps

Introduction

Part One: Tracing the History

1. The French Revolution and the German States

2. The 1848 Revolutions

3. Germany's Industrial Revolution

4. The End of the Empire and the Revolution of 1918-1919

5. The Nazi Takeover of Power, 1933: National Revolution or Counterrevolution?

6. 1945-1949: Revolution from above, and outside? The Foundation of the German Democratic Republic

7. Democratic Revolution against State Socialism and the End of the GDR, 1989-1990

Part Two: New Directions

8. Understanding Revolution: German Understandings of Revolution and Revolutions

9. Germany's Incomplete Revolution? Modernization and 'Special Paths'

10. The Federal Republic after 1949: Restoration or New Beginning?

11. Cultural Revolutions

12. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-07263-X

1-350-07264-8

1-350-07262-1

OCLC:

1511105146