Martin Kitchen

A History of Modern Germany

1800 to the Present

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present.

Provides readers with a long view of modern German history, revealing its continuities and changes

Features updated and extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender

Includes more in depth coverage of the German Democratic Republic

Examines Germany s social, political, and economic history

Covers the unification of Germany, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war division, the collapse of Communism, and developments since re-unification

Addresses regional history rather than focusing on the dominant role of Prussia

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A470655810
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780470655818
• ISBN-10: 047065581X
• Artikelnr.: 32961471

Autorenporträt

Martin Kitchen is Professor Emeritus of History at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His books include Nazi Germany at War (1994), The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany (1996), The German Offensives of 1918 (2001), The Third Reich: Charisma and Community (2008) and Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Maps Introduction 1. Germany Under Napoleon 2. German Society in Transition 3. Restoration and Reform, 1815
1840 4. The Revolutions of 1848 5. The Struggle for Mastery, 1850
1866 6. The Unification Of Germany, 1866
1871 7. Bismarck's Germany 8. Germany and Europe: 1871
1890 9. Wilhelmine Germany: 1890
1914 10. The First World War 11. The Weimar Republic, 1919
1933 12. The Nazi Dictatorship 13. Nazi Germany: 1933
1945 14. The Adenauer Era: 1945
1963 15. The German Democratic Republic 16. The Federal Republic: 1963
1982 17. The Reunification of Germany Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

"Overall, Kitchen offers a well-written and useful text for anyone studying or interested in modern Germany history." (Times Higher Education Supplement, 23 February 2012)