A History of Modern Germany: 1800 to the Present

A History of Modern Germany: 1800 to the Present

by Martin Kitchen (Author)

Synopsis

Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present.

  • Provides readers with a long view of modern German history, revealing its continuities and changes
  • Features updated and extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender
  • Includes more in depth coverage of the German Democratic Republic
  • Examines Germany's social, political, and economic history
  • Covers the unification of Germany, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war division, the collapse of Communism, and developments since re-unification
  • Addresses regional history rather than focusing on the dominant role of Prussia

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 440
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 08 Apr 2011

ISBN 10: 047065581X
ISBN 13: 9780470655818

Media Reviews
Overall, Kitchen offers a well-written and useful text for anyone studying or interested in modern Germany history. (Times Higher Education Supplement, 23 February 2012)
Author Bio
Martin Kitchen is Professor Emeritus of History at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His books include Nazi Germany at War (1994), The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany (1996), The German Offensives of 1918 (2001), The Third Reich: Charisma and Community (2008) and Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 (2009).