The long nineteenth century : a history of Germany, 1780-1918 /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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 provincial "land of poets and thinkers," the country had been transformed into an industrial and military giant with an advanced welfare system. The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, 1780-1918, is a masterful account of this transformation. Spanning 150 years, from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War I, it introduces students to crucial areas of German social and cultural history - demography and social structure, work and leisure, education and religion - while providing a comprehensive account of political events. The text explains how Germany came to be unified, and the consequences of that unification. It describes the growing role of the state and new ways in which rulers asserted their authority, but questions cliches about German "obedience." It also looks at the ways in which the factory, the railway, and the movement into towns created new social relations and altered perceptions of time and place. Drawing on a generation of work devoted to migration, housing, crime, medicine, and popular culture, Blackbourn offers a powerful and original account of a changing society, trying to do justice to the experiences of contemporary Germans, both women and men. Informed by the latest scholarship, The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, 1780-1918, provides a complete and up-to-date alternative to conventional political histories of this period and is essential reading for undergraduates in German history and political science courses. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Great Britain in 1997 by Fontana Press under the title: Fontana history of Germany, 1780-1918. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 578 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-547) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585368368 9780585368368 0195076710 9780195076714 063123196X 9780631231967 |
