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Informationen zum Autor David Blackbourn is Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University. His previous publications include Class, Religion and Local Politics in Wilhelmine Germany (1980), The Peculiarities of German History (with Geoff Eley, 1984), Populists and Patricians (1987), and the prize-winning Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Bismarckian Germany (1993). Klappentext In the late eighteenth century, German-speaking Europe was a patchwork of principalities. Yet by the early twentieth century, unified Germany had become the most powerful state in Europe. David Blackbourn tells the story of this transformation with eloquence, authority and wit, weaving together political, social, and cultural history. This is a book about revolution, nationalism and the growing role of the state. It also explores subjects that range from religion to racism, and Mozart to medicine. The result is a powerful and original account of Germany from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War One. This highly praised book is now available in a new edition with an updated bibliography. Zusammenfassung In the late 18th century German-speaking Europe was a patchwork of undeveloped principalities. Yet by the early 20th century! unified Germany had become the most powerful state in Europe. This book tells the story of this transformation weaving together political! social and cultural history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps.List of Tables List of Figures.List of Plates.Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition.Acknowledgements.Prologue: Germany in the Late Eighteenth Century.Part I: The Age of Revolutions! 1789 - 1848:1 In the Shadow of France.2 Germany in Transition.3 The Revolutions of 1848 - 9.Part II: The Age of Progress:4 Economy and Society Transformed.5 From Reaction to Unification.6 Progress and its Discontents.Part III: The Age of Modernity! 1880 - 1914:7 'Made in Germany': A New Economic Order.8 Society and Culture.9 The Old Politics and the New.Epilogue: Germany at War! 1914 - 18.Notes.Selected Bibliography of English Language Works.Index. ...
