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Engages readers with a narrative, problem-focused approach.    Covering the entire period of modern German history—from nineteenth century imperial Germany right through the present—this well-established text presents a balanced, general survey of the country's political division in 1945 and runs through its reunification in the present. Detailing foreign policy as well as political, economic and social developments, A History of Modern Germany presents a central theme of the problem of asymmetrical modernization in the country's history as it fully explores the complicated path of Germany's troubled past and stable present.    

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Author:   Dietrich Orlow
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   7th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780205214433

ISBN 10:   0205214436
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   28 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1: The Founders' Generation: 1870-1890 The Fabric of Society: Economic and Political Power Struggles  The Kulturkampf  Im Mittelpunkt: Ludwig Windthorst (1821—1891) Economic and Social Developments Im Mittelpunkt: Gerson Bleichröder (1822—1893) Social Legislation and Antisocialist Laws Foreign Relations The End of the Era and Bismarck’s Dismissal Chapter 2: Wihelminian Germany, 1890-1914 Parties, Lobbies, and Patriotic Organizations Im Mittelpunkt: Eduard Bernstein (1850—1932)  Political Issues and Personalities Economic Developments Literature, Art, and Society Im Mittelpunkt: Theodor Fontane (1819—1898)  Foreign Relations Germany on the Eve of World War I   Chapter 3: The First World War, 1914-1918 The Outbreak of War Military Developments  Im Mittelpunkt: Erich Ludendorff (1865—1937)  Domestic Policies: Reform, Repression, and Revolution Im Mittelpunkt: Georg von Hertling (1843—1919)  War and Society  Conclusion    Chapter 4: Revolution, Inflation, and Putsches: The Search for a New Consensus, 1918-1023 Revolution Im Mittelpunkt: Friedrich Ebert (1871—1925) The Weimar Constitution Im Mittelpunkt: Rosa Luxemburg (1870—1919)  The Treaty of Versailles Economic and Social Problems Counterrevolution Foreign Relations Conclusion  Chapter 5: Fools' Gold: The Weimar Republic, 1924-1930 The Search for the Elusive Consensus Im Mittelpunkt: Wilhelm Marx (1883—1946) Economic and Social Developments Weimar Culture Im Mittelpunkt: Kurt Weill (1900—1950) Foreign Relations The Collapse of the Economy and the End of Parliamentary Democracy    Chapter 6: From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism, 1930-1938 The Rule of the New Conservatives Im Mittelpunkt: Heinrich Brüning (1885—1970) The Nazis’ Rise to Power Gleichschaltung: The Establishment of Nazi Totalitarianism Im Mittelpunkt: Ernst Röhm (1887—1934) Foreign Relations Conclusion   Chapter 7: Conquest, Death, and Defeat, 1938-1945 Further Growth of the Nazi FührerState Im Mittelpunkt: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902— ) Triumph and Fall Nazi Rule in Europe The Holocaust Im Mittelpunkt: Viktor Klemperer (1881—1960) Economy and Society The End of the Third Reich   Chapter 8: ""Condominium of the Allied Powers,"" 1945-1949 The German Resistance: Strengths and Delusions Allied Visions and Plans, 1941—1945 Im Mittelpunkt: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906—1945) The Immediate Legacy of the Third Reich: The Reality of “Zero Hour” Reparations and Economic Recovery “Exorcising the Evil”: De-Nazification and Re-education Revival of Administrative, Political, and Cultural Life The Cold War and the Division of Germany Im Mittelpunkt: Carlo Schmid (1896—1979) Conclusion   Chapter 9: The Federal Republic of Germany, 1959-1990 The Adenauer Era, 1949—1963 The Changing of the Guard, 1963—1974 Culture and Society Troubled 1970s and 1980s Im Mittelpunkt: Günter Grass (1927— ) Im Mittelpunkt: Rita Süssmuth (1937— ) Conclusion   Chapter 10: The Germany Democratic Republic, 1949-1990   The Quest for Viability  Im Mittelpunkt: Erich Mielke (1907—2000) East Germany in the 1960s Culture and Society Conflicting Signals: East Germany under Erich Honecker, 1971—1989  Im Mittelpunkt: Christa Wolf (1929— )  Conclusion    Chapter 11: Germany Since Reunification: Euphoria and Disillustionment, 1990-Present  Political Developments Im Mittelpunkt: Roman Herzog (1934— ) Im Mittelpunkt: Angela Merkel (1954— ) Economic and Social Developments Foreign Policy German Society at the Beginning of the New Millennium Problems and Prospects   Chapter 12: Conclusion Germany, 1816—1866 Germany, 1866—1918 Germany’s Colonial Possessions, 1914  Military Operations of World War I  Germany After WWI Germany’s Expansion, 1933—1939 Military Operations of World War II: The German Offensives, 1939—1942 Military Operations of World War II: The Allied Offensives, 1943—1945 East and West Germany, 1945—1990 Germany Since 1990"

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Dietrich Orlow taught at Boston University from 1971 to 2002 and was also a visiting professor at the Universities of Hamburg in Germany and Amsterdam in The Netherlands.  He is the author of several books on the history of modern Germany. They include A History of the Nazi Party (1969, 1973) [2 volumes], Weimar Prussia, 1918-1933 (1986, 1991) [2 volumes], and Common Destiny: A Comparative History of the Dutch, French, and German Social Democratic Parties, 1945-1969 (1999). Orlow has also written numerous articles for American, German and Dutch journals.

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