Germany: The Long Road West - Volume 1: 1789-1933

Vivid, succinct, and highly accessible, this first volume (of two) begins with the origins and consequences of the medieval myth of the 'Reich,' which was to experience a fateful renaissance in the twentieth century, and ends with the collapse of the first German democracy.

Table des matières

• Introduction


• 1: Legacy of a Millennium


• 2: Hampered by Progress 1789-1830


• 3: Liberalism in Crisis 1830-1850


• 4: Unity before Liberty 1850-1871


• 5: The Transformation of Nationalism 1871-1890


• 6: World Policy and World War 1890-1918


• 7: The Impaired Republic 1918-1933


• Looking Ahead

A propos de l'auteur

Heinrich August Winkler was born in 1938 in Königsberg. He studied history, philosophy, and public law in Tübingen, Heidelberg and Münster. He was associate professor at the Freie Universität in Berlin in 1970-72 and then professor of modern history in Freiburg until 1991. He has been at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin since 1992, and has been a visiting scholar in Princeton, at the Wilson Center in Washington, at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Berlin, and at the Historisches Kolleg in Munich.

Résumé

Vivid, succinct, and highly accessible, this first volume (of two) begins with the origins and consequences of the medieval myth of the 'Reich,' which was to experience a fateful renaissance in the twentieth century, and ends with the collapse of the first German democracy.

Texte suppl.

magisterial...Winkler's magnum opus.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: H. A. (Professor of Modern History At Hum Winkler, Heinrich August Winkler, Heinrich August (Emeritus Professor of Mo Winkler, Winkler Heinrich August
• Collaboration: Alexander Sager (Traduction)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 29.12.2022
• EAN: 9780192884619
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288461-9
• Pages: 624
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I