People''s War - Germany''s Political Revolution, 1913-1918

This project explores the manner in which one form of political legitimacy came to overtake another, the enfranchisement of the Volk at the expense of monarchy during World War I Germany.

List of contents

Part 1 Acknowledgements Part 2 List of Abbreviations Chapter 3 Introduction: Wilhelmine Germany and the First World War Chapter 4 The "Festive Year" 1913 and Wilhelmine Patriotic Management Chapter 5 The Nation on the Street: The Nationalist Crowd and the Austro-Serbian Conflict, July 1914 Chapter 6 The Kaiser and the Crowd: Recasting Images of Authority in August 1914 Chapter 7 A Vernacular War Chapter 8 Visions of a New Germany Chapter 9 Enfranchising the Nation Chapter 10 A People's Revolution Part 11 Bibliography Part 12 Index

About the author

Jeffrey R. Smith received his B.A. from Rice University and a Master's and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently Associate Professor of History at Northwestern State University in Louisiana.

Summary

This project explores the manner in which one form of political legitimacy came to overtake another, the enfranchisement of the Volk at the expense of monarchy during World War I Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey R Smith, Jeffrey R. Smith, Jeffrey Smith Smith, Smith Jeffrey R.
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2006
• EAN: 9780761836421
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3642-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I