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 prov
The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, 1780-1918
β Scribed by David Blackbourn
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 623
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Maps
List of Tables and Figures
List of Plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Part One: The Age of Revolutions, 1789-1848
1. In the Shadow of France
2. Germany in Transition
3. The Revolutions of 1848-9
Part Two: The Age of Progress, 1849-80
4. Economy and Society Transformed
5. From Reaction to Unification
6. Progress and Its Discontents
Part Three: The Age of Modernity, 1880-1914
7. 'Made in Germany': A New Economic Order
8. Society and Culture
9. The Old Politics and the New
Epilogue: Germany at War, 1914-1918
Notes
Select Bibliography of English-Language Works
Index
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