History of Germany 1780-1918 The Long Nineteenth Century [Hardcover]

• 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.

List of Tables.

List of Figures.

List of Plates.

Preface to the First Edition.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Acknowledgements.

Prologue: Germany in the Late Eighteenth Century.

Part I: The Age of Revolutions, 1789–1848:.

1 In the Shadow of France.

2 Germany in Transition.

3 The Revolutions of 1848–9.

Part II: The Age of Progress:.

4 Economy and Society Transformed.

5 From Reaction to Unification.

6 Progress and its Discontents.

Part III: 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, 1914–18.

Notes.