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Despite recent studies of imperial Germany that emphasize the empire’s modern and reformist qualities, the question remains: to what extent could democracy have flourished in Germany’s stony soil? In
Germany’s Second Reich, James Retallack continues his career-long inquiry into the era of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II with a wide-ranging reassessment of the period and its connections with past traditions and future possibilities.
In this volume, 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.
Sommario
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
Info autore
James Retallack is a University Professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.
Riassunto
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.
