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A History of Modern Germany: 1871 To Present

ISBN: 9780139270963 | 0139270965
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 10/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
Completely revised and updated, "A History of Modern Germany" presents the social, political, diplomatic, and cultural history of the German people from 1871 to the present. New to the Fifth Edition, "Im Mittelpunkt," brief profiles of important people who contributed to Germany's political, social, and cultural development, are now featured in each chapter of the text. People in the spotlight: Gerson Bieichrö der Ludwig Windthorst Theodor Fontane Eduard Bernstein Georg von Hertling Erich Ludendorff Rosa Luxemburg Friedrich Ebert Wilhelm Marx K... MORE
MAPS
vii(2)
PREFACEix
1 THE FOUNDERS' GENERATION: 1871-1890
1(38)
... MOREThe Fabric of Society: Economic and Political Power Struggles
14(6)
The Kulturkampf
20(2)
Economic and Social Developments
22(4)
Social Legislation and Antisocialist Laws
26(5)
Foreign Relations
31(4)
The End of the Era and Bismarck's Dismissal
35(4)
2 WILHELMINIAN GERMANY, 1890-1914
39(33)
Parties, Lobbies, and Patriotic Organizations
40(7)
Political Issues and Personalities
47(9)
Economic Developments
56(4)
Literature, Art, and Society
60(6)
Foreign Relations
66(4)
Germany on the Eve of World War I
70(2)
3 THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
72(23)
The Outbreak of War
72(3)
Military Developments
75(5)
Domestic Policies: Reform, Repression, and Revolution
80(8)
War and Society
88(6)
Conclusion
94(1)
4 REVOLUTION, INFLATION, AND PUTSCHES: THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CONSENSUS, 1918-1923
95(31)
Revolution
95(6)
The Weimar Constitution
101(4)
The Treaty of Versailles
105(4)
Economic and Social Problems
109(6)
Counterrevolution
115(7)
Foreign Relations
122(2)
Conclusion
124(2)
5 FOOLS' GOLD: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC, 1924-1930
126(20)
The Search for the Elusive Consensus
127(5)
Economic and Social Developments
132(4)
Weimar Culture
136(4)
Foreign Relations
140(2)
The Collapse of the Economy and the End of Parliamentary Democracy
142(4)
6 FROM AUTHORITARIANISM TO TOTALITARIANISM, 1930-1938
146(29)
The Rule of the New Conservatives
146(7)
The Nazis' Rise to Power
153(5)
Gleichschaltung: The Establishment of Nazi Totalitarianism
158(10)
Foreign Relations
168(5)
Conclusion
173(2)
7 CONQUEST, DEATH, AND DEFEAT, 1938-1945
175(28)
Further Growth of the Nazi Fuhrer State
175(4)
Triumph and Fall
179(14)
Nazi Rule in Europe
193(2)
The Holocaust
195(4)
Economy and Society
199(2)
The End of the Third Reich
201(2)
8 "CONDOMINIUM FOR THE ALLIED POWERS," 1945-1949
203(31)
The German Resistance: Strengths and Delusions
203(3)
Allied Visions and Plans, 1941-1945
206(3)
The Immediate Legacy of the Third Reich: The Reality of "Zero Hour"
209(4)
Reparations and Economic Recovery
213(6)
"Exorcising the Evil": De-Nazification and Reeducation
219(5)
Revival of Administrative, Political, and Cultural Life
224(5)
The Cold War and the Division of Germany
229(3)
Conclusion
232(2)
9 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, 1949-1990
234(35)
The Adenauer Era, 1949-1963
234(14)
The Changing of the Guard, 1963-1974
248(10)
Culture and Society
258(4)
Troubled 1970s and 1980s
262(6)
Conclusion
268(1)
10 THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, 1949-1990
269(30)
The Quest for Viability
270(7)
The Ulbricht Era
277(5)
Culture and Society
282(4)
Conflicting Signals: East Germany under Erich Honecker, 1971-1989
286(12)
Conclusion
298(1)
11 GERMANY SINCE REUNIFICATION: EUPHORIA AND DISILLUSIONMENT, 1990-PRESENT
299(22)
Political Developments
300(8)
Economic and Social Developments
308(5)
Foreign Policy
313(3)
The New Germany: Problems and Prospects
316(5)
12 CONCLUSION
321(16)
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING337(8)
INDEX345

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