{"product_id":"contesting-the-german-empire-1871-1918-9781405129978","title":"Contesting the German Empire 1871  1918","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume provides an up-to-date and accessible guide to the diversity of current thinking on Imperial Germany.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a historiographical overview, spanning more than a century of works on the German Empire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGuides readers through the main approaches, from ''personalist'' to ''structuralist'' and ''post-structuralist''\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents varying perspectives on gender, cultural history, foreign relations, colonialism, and war\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the controversial historical reputations of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects the wide range of opinions on Imperial Germany held by historians today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellently suited for undergraduates developing a critical approach to historiography.\" (\u003ci\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The great merit of the volume is thus to analyze the playing out, if not the full resolution, of these controversies, during the era that has followed German reunification.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Jefferies has produced a balanced, up-to-date book which will be an invaluable study aid for students and academics alike.... A welcome arrival in so densely researched a field.\" (\u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In the past two decades, American, British and German historians have offered fundamentally new perspectives on the trajectory of Imperial Germany, often informed by recent approaches in social and cultural history. What was still needed, therefore, was a companion to the findings of this burgeoning and often controversial literature, a companion that is now available with this very informative and always reliable book by Matthew Jefferies.\" (\u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A very readable and balanced account of the historiography of the German Empire. He focuses on the historical social science school and its main competitors, from neoconservatism through British neo-Marxism to a variety of cultural approaches.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The German Empire and its historians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Great Men? Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 ‘Democracy in the undemocratic state?’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ‘Familiar features in an unfamiliar light’ Social and cultural perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Kaiserreich transnational? Germany, colonialism, and the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Remembering Imperial German.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407867224407,"sku":"9781405129978","price":32.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405129978.jpg?v=1730500791","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contesting-the-german-empire-1871-1918-9781405129978","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}