History of Germany 1780-1918: The Long Nineteenth Century, 2nd Edition (Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe)

by David Blackbourn (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2002

  $35.83

  This history offers a powerful and original account of Germany from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War One.
  

  • Written by a leading German historian who has transformed the historiography of modern Germany over the past two decades.
    
  • Covers the whole of the long nineteenth century and emphasizes continuities through this period.
    
  • Brings together political, social and cultural history.
    
  • Combines a comprehensive account with a feel for the human dimension and the history of everyday life.
    
  • Accessible to non-specialists, thought-provoking and entertaining.
    
  • The updated second edition includes a revised bibliography.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $7.64

  In 1815, 90 per cent of the German population were involved in agriculture and craft production, were stubbornly loyal to their village, home town or city and lived in what was then a massively decentralized state. By 1871, Bismarck and the Prussian army had united the country, transforming Germany from a land of poets and thinkers to one which arguably outdid Britain in its enthusiasm for the new media of the railway and the telegraph. Yet by 1914, German politics had become febrile and unstable. Mixing social, political and economic history, David Blackbourn analyzes the degree of German responsibility for the outbreak of World War I and traces the further dramatic changes in peoples' incomes and status, as the social, economic and cultural tensions that had been submerged in the previous decades suddenly came to a head.