The German Empire 1870 1918

Author : Michael Stürmer
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Germany
ISBN : 1842125893

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The German Empire, 1871-1919 by Michael Stürmer Pdf

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.

Author : Michael Stürmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Germany
ISBN : OCLC:1033665016

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The German Empire, 1870-1918 by Michael Stürmer Pdf

Author : Michael Sturmer
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812966206

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The German Empire by Michael Sturmer Pdf

In a remarkably vibrant narrative, Michael Stürmer blends high politics, social history, portraiture, and an unparalleled command of military and economic developments to tell the story of Germany’s breakneck rise from new nation to Continental superpower. It begins with the German military’s greatest triumph, the Franco-Prussian War, and then tracks the forces of unification, industrialization, colonization, and militarization as they combined to propel Germany to become the force that fatally destabilized Europe’s balance of power. Without The German Empire’s masterly rendering of this story, a full understanding of the roots of World War I and World War II is impossible.

Author : Michael Sturmer
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307432254

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The German Empire by Michael Sturmer Pdf

In The German Empire, one of Europe's great historians and men of letters chronicles one of history's most fateful transformations--Germany's rise from new nation to prime mover in the chain of events that sent it hurtling into two world wars. In 1871, Otto von Bismarck fused with "blood and iron" a motley collection of principalities, Free Cities, and bishoprics into one Reich. In England, Benjamin Disraeli observed that the world was witnessing "a greater political event than the French revolution of last century. . . . [T]here is not a diplomatic tradition which has not been swept away. . . . The balance of power has been entirely destroyed." Disraeli's powers of prophecy, in this as in much else, were formidable. The Age of Bismarck saw Germany become the dynamo of Europe--its preeminent economic and military power, its scientific and educational nerve center, and a place of tremendous artistic ferment. But there would be no simple spell to return to their bottles the genies unleashed by these vast forces, and Michael Stürmer traces the convergence of people and events that sent Europe's fragile balance of power over the brink and into conflict. No war was fought for less purpose or with greater slaughter than the First World War which, in Michael Stürmer's assured hands, arrives as the next-to-last act of an epic drama all the more tragic for the blazing brilliance of its opening scenes. Though the drama's final horrible act, the Second World War, takes place offstage from The German Empire, it is impossible to understand its origins without the history Michael Stürmer tells here with such elegance and insight.

Author : Lynn Abrams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Germany
ISBN : OCLC:1097339415

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Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918 by Lynn Abrams Pdf

Author : Hans-Ulrich Wehler
Publisher : Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK ; Dover, N.H. : Berg Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1985-03
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:31951001410061F

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The German Empire, 1871-1918 by Hans-Ulrich Wehler Pdf

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.

Author : James Retallack
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191607103

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Imperial Germany 1871-1918 by James Retallack Pdf

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.

Author : Arthur Rosenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Germany
ISBN : UOM:39015003544874

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Imperial Germany by Arthur Rosenberg Pdf

Author : Edgar Feuchtwanger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134620739

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Imperial Germany 1850-1918 by Edgar Feuchtwanger Pdf

Imperial Germany focuses on the domestic political developments of the period, putting them into context through a balanced guide to the economic and social background, culture and foreign policy. This important study explores the tensions caused within an empire which was formed through war, against the prevailing liberal spirit of the age and poses many questions among them: * Was the desire to unify Germany the cause of the aggressive foreign policy leading to the First World War? * To what extent was Bismarck's Second Reich the forerunner of Hitler's Third? * Did Bismarck's authoritarian rule permanently hinder the political development of Germany? Recent debates raised by German scholarship are made accessible to English speaking readers, and the book summarises the important controversies and competing interpretations of imperial German history.

Author : Matthew Jefferies
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1405129972

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Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918 by Matthew Jefferies Pdf

This volume provides an up-to-date and accessible guide to the diversity of current thinking on Imperial Germany. Offers a historiographical overview, spanning more than a century of works on the German Empire Guides readers through the main approaches, from 'personalist' to 'structuralist' and 'post-structuralist' Presents varying perspectives on gender, cultural history, foreign relations, colonialism, and war Explores the controversial historical reputations of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II Reflects the wide range of opinions on Imperial Germany held by historians today

Author : Ian Porter,Ian D. Armour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317900863

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Imperial Germany 1890 - 1918 by Ian Porter,Ian D. Armour Pdf

The Wilhelmine period is a crucial period of German history and the focus of great historical controversy; greater understanding of this period is also vital to explain the rise of the Third Reich. The authors focus on Germany's role as a major military and imperial power, industrialiastion and the economy, the crucial effects of the war years and the disturbing evidence that Germany's response to Hitler is to be found in the Wilhelmine era.

Author : Georg Herbert Münster (Graf zu.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Germany
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102828191

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Germany's Future by Georg Herbert Münster (Graf zu.) Pdf

Author : Ralph Haswell Lutz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Germany
ISBN : UOM:49015002032390

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Fall of the German Empire, 1914-1918 by Ralph Haswell Lutz Pdf

Author : Sven Oliver Müller,Cornelius Torp
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857452870

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Imperial Germany Revisited by Sven Oliver Müller,Cornelius Torp Pdf

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.

Author : Hebert Swope
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 149959562X

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Inside the German Empire by Hebert Swope Pdf

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich or Deutsches Kaiserreich) was the historical German nation state[6] that existed from the unification of Germany in 1871 to the defeat in World War 1 in 1918, when Germany became a federal republic. The state was the predecessor of today's Germany. The Empire is sometimes called the German Reich. This book has been converted from its original format and may have graphics deleted.