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Taylor & Francis Ltd A History of Modern Germany 1871 to Present 2018 Edition by Dietrich Orlow
A History of Modern Germany is a well-established text that presents a balanced survey of the last 150 years of German history, stretching from nineteenth-century imperial Germany, through political division and reunification, and into the present day.Beginning in the early 1870s and covering topics such as Wilhelmenian Germany, the World Wars, revolution, inflation and putsches, the Weimar Republic, the Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic, the book offers a comprehensive overview of the entire period of modern German history. Fully updated throughout, this new edition details foreign policy, political and economic history and includes increased coverage of social and cultural history, and history 'from the bottom up', as well as containing a new chapter that brings it right up to the present day. The book is supported by full discussion of past and present historiographic debates, illustrations, maps, further readings and biographies of key German political, economic and cultural figures within the Im Mittelpunkt feature. Fully exploring the complicated path of Germany's troubled past and stable present, A History of Modern Germany provides the perfect grounding for all students of German history. Table of Contents : LIST OF FIGURESLIST OF MAPS PREFACE 1 THE FOUNDERS' GENERATION, 1871-1890 The Road to UnificationAfter Unification: Economic and Political Power Structures The Kulturkampf Im Mittelpunkt: Ludwig Windthorst (1812-1891) Economic and Social Developments Im Mittelpunkt: Gerson Bleichroeder (1822-1893) Social Legislation and Antisocialist Laws Foreign Relations The End of the Era and Bismarck's Dismissal 2 WILHELMENIAN GERMANY, 1890-1914 The Structures and Personalities of Modern Politics Economic and Social Developments Literature, Art, and SocietyIm Mittelpunkt: Heinrich (1871-1950) and Thomas Mann (1875-1955) Im Mittelpunkt: Karl May (1842-1912) Foreign Relations Germany on the Eve of World War I 3 WORLD WAR I, 1914-1918 The Debate over the Outbreak of the War Military Developments Im Mittelpunkt: Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) Domestic Politics: Reform, Repression, and Revolution War and Society Conclusion: The Long-Term Impact of the War 4 REVOLUTION, INFLATION, AND PUTSCHES:THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CONSENSUS, 1918-1923 RevolutionIm Mittelpunkt: Rosa Luxemburg (1870-1919) Im Mittelpunkt: Friedrich Ebert (1871-1925) The Weimar Constitution The Treaty of Versailles Economic and Social Problems Im Mittelpunkt: Walther Rathenau (1867-1922)Everyday Life under Extreme Duress Counterrevolution Foreign Relations Conclusion 5 FOOLS' GOLD: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC, 1924-1930 The Search for the Elusive Political Consensus Economic and Social Developments Weimar Culture Im Mittelpunkt: Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992)Im Mittelpunkt: Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Foreign Relations The Depression and the End of Parliamentary Democracy 6 FROM AUTHORITARIANISM TO TOTALITARIANISM, 1930-1938 The Rule of the New Conservatives Im Mittelpunkt: Heinrich Bruning (1885-1970)Im Mittelpunkt: Franz von Papen (1879-1969) The Nazis' Rise to Power Gleichschaltung: The Establishment of Nazi TotalitarianismSocial Life and the Concept of the Volksgemeinschaft Foreign Relations Conclusion 7 CONQUEST, DEATH, AND DEFEAT, 1938-1945 Further Growth of the Nazi Fuhrer StateIm Mittelpunkt: Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942) The Road to War Nazi Rule in Europe The Holocaust Im Mittelpunkt: Viktor Klemperer (1881-1960) Economy and Society The End of the Third Reich 8 "CONDOMINIUM OF THE ALLIED POWERS," 1945-1949 The German Resistance: Strengths and DelusionsIm Mittelpunkt: Claus von Stauffenberg (1907-1944) Allied Visions and Plans, 1941-1945 The Immediate Legacy of the Third Reich: The Reality of "Zero Hour" Reparations and Economic Recovery "Exorcising the Evil": De-Nazification and Reeducation Revival of Administrative, Political, and Cultural Life The Cold War and the Division of Germany Conclusion 9 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, 1949-1990 The Adenauer Era, 1949-1963Im Mittelpunkt: Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) The Changing of the Guard, 1963-1974Im Mittelpunkt: Helmut Schmidt (1918-2015) Culture and SocietyIm Mittelpunkt: Gunter Grass (1927-2015) 1968 and Beyond: Troubled 1970s and 1980s Conclusion 10 THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, 1949-1990 The Quest for Viability Im Mittelpunkt: Erich Mielke (1907-2000) East Germany in the 1960s Culture and SocietyIm Mittelpunkt: Wolf Biermann (1936-) Conflicting Signals: East Germany under Erich Honecker, 1971-1989 1989: The Year of the Ultimate CrisisIm Mittelpunkt: Kurt Masur (1927-2015) Conclusion 11 EUPHORIA AND DISILLUSIONMENT, 1990-2005 Political DevelopmentsIm Mittelpunkt: Gerhard Schroeder (1944-) The End of the Kohl Era Economic and Social Developments Foreign Policy German Society Fifteen Years after Reunification Problems and Prospects 12 THE NEW NORMAL, 2005 to the Present Im Mittelpunkt: Angela Merkel (1954-)Parties, Politics and ElectionsForeign RelationsIm Mittelpunkt: Ursula von der Leyen (1958-)The Refugee Crisis of 2015/16 and the Rise of Anti-Establishment GroupsCultureIm Mittelpunkt: Herta Muller (1953-)Problems and Prospects13 CONCLUSION SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING INDEX