by HagenSchulze (Author), SarahHanbury-Tenison (Translator)
The arduous path from the colourful diversity of the Holy Roman Empire to the Prussian-dominated German nation-state, Bismarck's German Empire of 1871, led through revolutions, wars and economic upheavals, but also through the cultural splendour of German Classicism and Romanticism. Hagen Schulze takes a fresh look at late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German history, explaining it as the interaction of revolutionary forces from below and from above, of economics, politics, and culture. None of the results were predetermined, and yet their outcome was of momentous significance for all of Europe, if not the world.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 21 Mar 1991
ISBN 10: 0521377595
ISBN 13: 9780521377591
Book Overview: Hagen Schulze takes a fresh look at late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German history.