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Download or read book Blood and Iron written by Katja Hoyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vivid fifty-year history of Germany from 1871-1918—which inspired events that forever changed the European continent—here is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. Before 1871, Germany was not yet nation but simply an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser? How would he convince proud Prussians, Bavarians, and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France—all without destroying itself in the process? In this unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. This often startling narrative is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval, and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.
Book Synopsis Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918 by : Matthew Jefferies
Download or read book Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918 written by Matthew Jefferies and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jefferies offers a historiographical overview of more than a century of works on the German empire, presenting varying perspectives on gender, cultural history, foreign relations, colonialism, and war. He also explores the controversial historical reputations of Bismark and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Book Synopsis Imperial Germany 1871-1918 by : James Retallack
Download or read book Imperial Germany 1871-1918 written by James Retallack and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's 'blood and iron' policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power were pre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; and its avant-garde artists reflected the ferment in European culture. But Germany also played a decisive role in tipping Europe's fragile balance of power over the brink and into the cataclysm of the First World War, eventually leading to the empire's collapse in military defeat and revolution in November 1918. With contributions from an international team of twelve experts in the field, this volume offers an ideal introduction to this crucial era, taking care to situate Imperial Germany in the larger sweep of modern German history, without suggesting that Nazism or the Holocaust were inevitable endpoints to the developments charted here.
Book Synopsis The German Empire, 1871-1918 by : Hans-Ulrich Wehler
Download or read book The German Empire, 1871-1918 written by Hans-Ulrich Wehler and published by Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK ; Dover, N.H. : Berg Publishers. This book was released on 1985-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the Fischer Controversy on the origins of World War I there emerged in West Germany a younger generation of historians who took a critical 'revisionist' view of the Bismarckian Empire and began to analyze the political development of the Hohenzollern monarchy against the background of the country's social and economic power structures. Professor Wehler became one of the most prominent exponents of this approach and his structural analysis of the 'Kaiserreich' created a considerable stir when it was first published. It has since, with its incisive and rigorous analysis, become a classic in the field.
Book Synopsis Bismarck and the German Empire by : Lynn Abrams
Download or read book Bismarck and the German Empire written by Lynn Abrams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and expanded, this second edition of Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871–1918 is an accessible introduction to this important period in German history. Providing both a narrative of events at the time and an analysis of social and cultural developments across the period, Lynn Abrams examines the political, economic and social structures of the Empire. Including the latest research, the book also covers: how Bismarck consolidated his regime the Wilhelmian period the factors that led to the outbreak of World War One. With a new introduction and updated further reading section – including a guide to useful websites – this book gives students the ideal introduction to this key period of German history.
Book Synopsis Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 by : Volker Rolf Berghahn
Download or read book Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 written by Volker Rolf Berghahn and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of German society in this period, providing a broad survey of its development. The volume is thematically organized and designed to give easy access to the major topics and issues of the Bismarkian and Wilhelmine eras. The statistical appendix contains a wide range of social, economic and political data. Written with the English-speaking student in mind, this book is likely to become a widely used text for this period, incorporating as it does twenty years of further research on the German Empire since the appearance of Hans-Ulrich Wehler's classic work.
Book Synopsis Imperial Germany and War, 1871–1918 by : Daniel J. Hughes
Download or read book Imperial Germany and War, 1871–1918 written by Daniel J. Hughes and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth, finely detailed portrait of the German Army from its greatest victory in 1871 to its final collapse in 1918, this volume offers the most comprehensive account ever given of one of the critical pillars of the German Empire—and a chief architect of the military and political realities of late nineteenth-century Europe. Written by two of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, Imperial Germany and War, 1871–1918 examines the most essential components of the imperial German military system, with an emphasis on such foundational areas as theory, doctrine, institutional structures, training, and the officer corps. In the period between 1871 and 1918, rapid technological development demanded considerable adaptation and change in military doctrine and planning. Consequently, the authors focus on theory and practice leading up to World War I and upon the variety of adaptations that became necessary as the war progressed—with unique insights into military theorists from Clausewitz to Moltke the Elder, Moltke the Younger, Schlichting, and Schlieffen. Ranging over the entire history of the German Empire, Imperial Germany and War, 1871–1918 presents a picture of unprecedented scope and depth of one of the most widely studied, criticized, and imitated organizations in the modern world. The book will prove indispensable to an understanding of the Imperial German Army.
Book Synopsis Bismarck and the German Empire by : Lynn Abrams
Download or read book Bismarck and the German Empire written by Lynn Abrams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated and expanded in response to the latest research in the area, with a new introduction, and a further reading section which hosts a guide to useful websites, this is a concise and accessible introduction to a key period in German history.
Book Synopsis Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918 by : Matthew Jefferies
Download or read book Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918 written by Matthew Jefferies and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2008 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jefferies offers a historiographical overview of more than a century of works on the German empire, presenting varying perspectives on gender, cultural history, foreign relations, colonialism, and war. He also explores the controversial historical reputations of Bismark and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Book Synopsis Imperial Germany Revisited by : Sven Oliver Müller
Download or read book Imperial Germany Revisited written by Sven Oliver Müller and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German Empire, its structure, its dynamic development between 1871 and 1918, and its legacy, have been the focus of lively international debate that is showing signs of further intensification as we approach the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. Based on recent work and scholarly arguments about continuities and discontinuities in modern German history from Bismarck to Hitler, well-known experts broadly explore four themes: the positioning of the Bismarckian Empire in the course of German history; the relationships between society, politics and culture in a period of momentous transformations; the escalation of military violence in Germany's colonies before 1914 and later in two world wars; and finally the situation of Germany within the international system as a major political and economic player. The perspectives presented in this volume have already stimulated further argument and will be of interest to anyone looking for orientation in this field of research.
Book Synopsis The Birth of the German Republic, 1871-1918 by : Arthur Rosenberg
Download or read book The Birth of the German Republic, 1871-1918 written by Arthur Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918 by : Lynn Abrams
Download or read book Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918 written by Lynn Abrams and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The German Empire by : Michael Stürmer
Download or read book The German Empire written by Michael Stürmer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period of almost half a century from 1871 to 1919 was one of huge upheaval, restlessness and change in Germany. Situated at the crossroads of history and geography, the country under Bismarck was struggling to preserve the predominance of Prussia and its traditional ruling elites, whilst also recognising the importance of modernisation. By the turn of the century Germany had overtaken Britain as the workshop of the world in industry, science, ideas and the arts, with enormous investments being made in these areas. Many people lost or swapped their traditional livelihoods, moved from the countryside to the cities, and embarked on a road to a prosperity unparalleled in Europe. Then in 1914 came the outbreak of the First World war, unleashing one of the greatest catastrophes of the twentieth century. This is a narrative which combines high politics, the history of daily life in Germany during this period and portraits of key figures such as Bismarck, Wilhelm II, Walter Rathenau. It is also an account of the huge revolutions which took place in Germany in industry, the arts and science. It will examine the reasons why the First World War occurred, and, whilst trying to understand what was specifically German about this period of German history, will at the same time not lose sight of the fact that what happened in Germany was part of a sequence of radical changes which were going on more widely in Europe.
Book Synopsis Imperial Germany by : Arthur Rosenberg
Download or read book Imperial Germany written by Arthur Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The German Empire, 1871-1919 by : Michael Stürmer
Download or read book The German Empire, 1871-1919 written by Michael Stürmer and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2000 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period of almost half a century from 1871 to 1919 was one of huge upheaval, restlessness and change in Germany. Situated at the crossroads of history and geography, the country under Bismarck was struggling to preserve the predominance of Prussia and its traditional ruling elites, whilst also recognising the importance of modernisation. By the turn of the century Germany had overtaken Britain as the workshop of the world in industry, science, ideas and the arts, with enormous investments being made in these areas. Many people lost or swapped their traditional livelihoods, moved from the countryside to the cities, and embarked on a road to a prosperity unparalleled in Europe. Then in 1914 came the outbreak of the First World War, unleashing one of the greatest catastrophes of the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Imperial Culture in Germany, 1871-1918 by : Matthew Jefferies
Download or read book Imperial Culture in Germany, 1871-1918 written by Matthew Jefferies and published by Palgrave. This book was released on 2003-06-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has often ben suggested that artists and writers in Germany's imperial era shunned social engagement, preferring instead apolitical introspection. However, as Matthew Jefferies reveals, whether one looks at the painters, poets and architects who helped to create an official imperial identity after 1871; the cultural critics and reformers of the later nineteenth century; or the new generation of cultural producers that emerged in the years around 1900, the social, political and cultural were never far apart. In this attractively illustrated book, Jefferies provides a lively introduction to the principal movements in German high culture between 1871 and 1918, in the context of imperial society and politics. He not only demonstrates that Germany's 'Imperial culture' was every bit as fascinating as the much better known 'Weimar culture' of the 1920s, but argues that much of what came later has origins in the imperial period. Filling a significant gap in the current historiography, this study will appeal to all those with an interest in the rich and diverse culture of Imperial Germany.
Book Synopsis The Nation as a Local Metaphor by : Alon Confino
Download or read book The Nation as a Local Metaphor written by Alon Confino and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All nations make themselves up as they go along, but not all make themselves up in the same way. In this study, Alon Confino explores how Germans turned national and argues that they imagined the nation as an extension of their local place. In 1871, the work of political unification had been completed, but Germany remained a patchwork of regions with different histories and traditions. Germans had to construct a national memory to reconcile the peculiarities of the region and the totality of the nation. This identity project, examined by Confino as it evolved in the southwestern state of WArttemberg, oscillated between failure and success. The national holiday of Sedan Day failed in the 1870s and 1880s to symbolically commingle localness and nationhood. Later, the idea of the Heimat, or homeland, did prove capable of representing interchangeably the locality, the region, and the nation in a distinct national narrative and in visual images. The German nationhood project was successful, argues Confino, because Germans made the nation into an everyday, local experience through a variety of cultural forms, including museums, school textbooks, popular poems, travel guides, posters, and postcards. But it was not unique. Confino situates German nationhood within the larger context of modernity, and in doing so he raises broader questions about how people in the modern world use the past in the construction of identity.
