Germany''s Second Reich - Portraits and Pathways

Retallack reveals the complex and contradictory nature of the Second Reich, presenting Imperial Germany as it was seen by outsiders and insiders as well as by historians, political scientists, and sociologists ever since.

List of contents

Preface: The Kaleidoscope of German History

Pan

1. Forging an Empire: Economy, Society, Culture, and Politics, 1866–1890

2. British Views of Germany, 1815–1914

3. Digital History Anthologies on the Web

Focus

4. King Johann of Saxony and the German Civil War of 1866

5. Julian Hawthorne’s Saxon Studies

6. Bismarck and Engels: The Role of Force in History

7. Heydebrand and Westarp: Leaving Behind the Second Reich

Twist

8. Get Out the Vote! Electioneering without Democracy

9. The Authoritarian State and the Political Mass Market

10. Society and Democracy in Germany: Why Dahrendorf Still Matters

11. Democracy in Disappearing Ink: Suffrage Robbery as Coup d’Etat

Acknowledgements

About the author

James Retallack is a University Professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.

Summary

Retallack reveals the complex and contradictory nature of the Second Reich, presenting Imperial Germany as it was seen by outsiders and insiders as well as by historians, political scientists, and sociologists ever since.

Product details

• Authors: James Retallack, James N. Retallack
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781442628526
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-2852-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: German and European Studies; German and European Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries