Title The long nineteenth century : a history of Germany, 1780-1918 / David Blackbourn

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description xxiv, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm Series ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) Contents Prologue: Germany in the Late Eighteenth Century. Small Worlds. Political Fragmentation and the Territorial State. The Forces of Social and Cultural Change -- Pt. 1. The Age of Revolutions, 1789-1848. Ch. 1. In the Shadow of France. The French Revolution in Germany. The Impact of War. Reform from Above. Ch. 2. Germany in Transition. Rulers, States, Identities. A Changing Society. The Development of Political Life. Ch. 3. The Revolutions of 1848-9. From Spring to Autumn. Counter-Revolution and 'Second Revolution'. The Causes of Failure -- Pt. 2. The Age of Progress, 1849-80. Ch. 4. Economy and Society Transformed. Industrialization. Emigration, Migration, Urbanization. A New Class Structure. Ch. 5. From Reaction to Unification. The Age of Reaction and the New Era. The Making of a United Germany. Division and Consolidation. Ch. 6. Progress and its Discontents. The Culture of Progress. Religion. Doubts and Anxieties -- Pt. 3. The Age of Modernity, 1880-1914 Ch. 7. 'Made in Germany': A New Economic Order. Agriculture, Industry, Small Business. Germany and the International Economy. Organized Interests, Politics and the State. Ch. 8. Society and Culture. For Better, For Worse. Order and Discipline. Culture and Revolt. Ch. 9. The Old Politics and the New. Elites, Parties and Popular Politics. Nationalism, Imperialism, Racism. Germany and the Coming of War -- Epilogue: Germany at War, 1914-18. Front and Home Front. War Aims and Domestic Politics. Revolution and Beyond Summary In the late eighteenth century, German-speaking Europe was a patchwork of principalities and lordships. Most people lived in the countryside, and just half survived until their late twenties. By the beginning of our own century, unified Germany was the most powerful state in Europe. No longer a provincial "land of poets and thinkers," the country had been transformed into an industrial and military giant with an advanced welfare system. The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, 1780-1918, is a masterful account of this transformation. Spanning 150 years, from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War I, it introduces students to crucial areas of German social and cultural history - demography and social structure, work and leisure, education and religion - while providing a comprehensive account of political events. The text explains how Germany came to be unified, and the consequences of that unification. It describes the growing role of the state and new ways in which rulers asserted their authority, but questions cliches about German "obedience." It also looks at the ways in which the factory, the railway, and the movement into towns created new social relations and altered perceptions of time and place. Drawing on a generation of work devoted to migration, housing, crime, medicine, and popular culture, Blackbourn offers a powerful and original account of a changing society, trying to do justice to the experiences of contemporary Germans, both women and men. Informed by the latest scholarship, The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, 1780-1918, provides a complete and up-to-date alternative to conventional political histories of this period and is essential reading for undergraduates in German history and political science courses Notes Originally published in Great Britain in 1997 by Fontana Press under the title: Fontana history of Germany, 1780-1918 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [527]-547) and index Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to NetLibrary Originally published in Great Britain in 1997 by Fontana Press under the title: Fontana history of Germany, 1780-1918 English SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1789-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054569 Germany -- History -- 1871-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054578 Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054609 Germany -- Social conditions -- 1871-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054656 Germany -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000556 Author American Council of Learned Societies. LC no. 97029535 ISBN 0195076710 (alk. paper) 0195076729 (paperback: alk. paper)

ABBREV TI LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY: A HISTORY OF GERMANY, 1780-1918 THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY Other Titles Fontana history of Germany, 1780-1918 The long 19th century

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