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Modern Germany

A Global History

Author Eric Kurlander, Douglas T. McGetchin, and Bernd-Stefan Grewe

Publication Date - 10 February 2023

ISBN: 9780190641528

928 pages
Paperback
7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches

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Modern Germany: A Global History is the first text of its kind to place the history of German-speaking Central Europe in a global perspective, from 1500 to the present.

Description

Modern Germany: A Global History places Germany in a global and transnational context, while offering a broad scope of chronological and thematic coverage. The authors present German-speaking lands in relation to the rest of the world, rather than as discrete entities, bringing global and transnational linkages and interdependencies into focus.

Features

  • Modern Germany: A Global History is the first text of its kind to place the history of German-speaking Central Europe in a global perspective, from 1500 to the present.
  • Presents the German-speaking lands in relation to the rest of the world, rather than as discrete entities, bringing global and transnational linkages and interdependencies into focus, including immigration, emigration, and commerce.
  • The text gives space to marginalized people and groups normally ignored in traditional narratives, problematizing and thematizing German identity and its transformation over time.
  • While Modern Germany is not a graduate level text or a historiographical survey, it nonetheless synthesizes both recent and classic scholarship, weaving in historiographical debates where appropriate. The result is an innovative approach and comprehensive framework compatible with a wide range of pedagogies and classroom teaching environments.
  • Richly illustrated with over 300 photos and 40 maps.
  • Timelines, key terms, and a Glossary provide additional learning support.
  • A testbank is available for adopters.

About the Author(s)

Dr. Eric Kurlander, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, Stetson University

Doug McGetchin, Associate Professor of History, Florida Atlantic University.

Bernd-Stefan Grewe, Professor of History, Director of the Institute of Didactics of History and Public History, University of Tübingen, Germany.

Table of Contents

    Maps
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    About the Authors

    Chapter 1: A World in Flux, 1500-1648
    The Politics of Empire
    Culture and Society in the Age of Exploration
    The Reformation and its Consequences
    Conclusion

    Chapter 2: Germans in the Age of Absolutism, 1648-1740
    Dynastic Politics, Trade, and Imperial Exchange
    State-Building and War in the Age of Absolutism
    Society, Popular Culture, and Belief
    Conclusion

    Chapter 3: German Empires and Enlightenments, 1740-1790
    Poets, Philosophers, and World Citizens
    Reforming State and Society
    War and Empire
    Conclusion

    Chapter 4: Revolution and Reform, 1789-1815
    The French Revolution in Germany
    The Impact of the Revolution on German States and Peoples, 1803-1815
    The End of the Holy Roman Empire and the Emerging German Nation, 1803-1815
    Conclusion

    Chapter 5: Between Reaction and Revolution, 1815-1848
    Society and Economy
    Culture and Politics in the Vormärz
    The Revolutions of 1848
    Conclusion

    Chapter 6: Toward Germany, 1848-1871
    Industry and Society
    German Culture Beyond Borders
    The Politics of Nationhood
    Conclusion

    Chapter 7: Building Empire at Home and Abroad, 1871-1890
    Building Democracy
    Nation-Building and Its Discontents
    Building Empire
    Conclusion

    Chapter 8: Wilhelmine Germany and “World Policy,” 1890-1914
    Democracy and Empire
    Progress and Anxiety
    Empire and Colonial Policy
    Conclusion

    Chapter 9: World War I, 1914-1918
    The Origins and Course of World War I
    Total War
    Wartime Politics and Revolution
    Conclusion

    Chapter 10: The Weimar Republic, 1918-1933
    Domestic Politics and Socioeconomic Crisis
    Culture and Society in the Weimar Republic
    National Conflict and International Compromise, 1919-1933
    Conclusion

    Chapter 11: The Third Reich, 1933-1945
    Nazi Politics in a Global Context
    A National Socialist Revolution?
    The Culture of Coercion and Consent, 1933-1939
    Conclusion

    Chapter 12: World War II, 1939-1945
    Strange Victories, 1938-1941
    Nazi Empire-Building, 1941-1943
    Collapse and End of World War II, 1943-1945
    Conclusion

    Chapter 13: The Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing, 1941-1945
    European Colonialism, Ethnic Cleansing, and Anti- Semitism, 1918-1938
    From the Jewish Question to the Final Solution, 1933-1942
    Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders
    Conclusion

    Chapter 14: German Republics, 1945-1969
    Germans and the New Postwar Order, 1945-1949
    Culture, Economy, and Society in the Two Germanies, 1949-1969
    Cold War Politics and Diplomacy, 1949-1969
    Conclusion

    Chapter 15: Transcending Divisions, 1969-1991
    Ostpolitik, Détente, and Disillusion
    Economy, Culture, and Society in the Two Germanies, 1969-1989
    The Fall of the Wall and Reunification, Summer 1989-Summer 1991
    Conclusion

    Chapter 16: Germany and the World, 1991-Present
    Multicultural Germany
    Politics and Economy
    Germany in the World
    Conclusion

    Glossary
    Credits
    Index

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