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This Companion is a significant addition to the body of scholarship on Germany's imperial era with the emphasis very much on the present and future. Questions of continuity remain a vital line of historical enquiry and while it may have been short-lived, the Kaiserreich remains central to modern German and European history. The collection will prov
List of contents
Contents: Introduction, Matthew Jefferies. Part I State and Monarchy: Imperial governance, Katharine Anne Lerman; Prussian governance, Hartwin Spenkuch; The German monarchies, Frank Lorenz Müller. Part II Politics and Society: Elections, Thomas Kühne; Liberalism, Eric Kurlander; Conservatism, Oded Heilbronner; Nationalism, Mark Hewitson; Antisemitism, Lars Fischer; Political Catholicism, Jeffrey T. Zalar; Socialism, Stefan Berger and Stefan Braun. Part III Culture and Identity: Particularism and localism, Jennifer Jenkins; Popular culture, Kaspar Maase; Gender, Ann Taylor Allen; Religion, James E. Bjork; Class, Dennis Sweeney. Part IV Economy and Environment: Trade policy and globalization, Cornelius Torp; Agriculture labour, Simon Constantine; The environment and environmentalism, Thomas Rohkrämer; Population: demography and mobility, Steve Hochstadt. Part V International Relations, Militarism and War: International relations, Andreas Rose; Militarism, Benjamin Ziemann; The army, William Mulligan; The navy and the sea, Jan Rüger; Germany and the origins of the First World War, Annika Mombauer; Colonialism and genocide, Jürgen Zimmerer. Index.
About the author
Matthew Jefferies is Professor of German History at the University of Manchester, UK.
Summary
This Companion is a significant addition to the body of scholarship on Germany’s imperial era with the emphasis very much on the present and future. Questions of continuity remain a vital line of historical enquiry and while it may have been short-lived, the Kaiserreich remains central to modern German and European history. The collection will prov
