{"product_id":"imperial-germany-revisited-continuing-debates-and-new-perspectives-9780857459008","title":"Imperial Germany Revisited Continuing Debates and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe perspectives presented in this volume have already stimulated further argument and will be of interest to anyone looking for orientation in this field of research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…an excellent set of 21 essays from well-established and emerging scholars from Europe and North America…The collection continues the robust international debate on the significance of imperial Germany for German, European, and world history…Overall, a superb collection. Highly recommended.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…what the reader gets from this volume is a series of fresh and thought-provoking perspectives incorporating some of the latest research, including research on globalization, and offering new insights into older questions. There are indeed some very fine pieces of scholarship among the 21 separate chapters… this is a stimulating volume with much to recommend it.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• European History Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“In the genre of collected essays, \u003c\/em\u003eImperial Germany Revisited \u003cem\u003eis exemplary. Its editors chose the topics well; its authors contributed comprehensive, coherent, and useful essays; its overall tone is authoritative and thoughtful…As in a good relay team, all of the contributions are strong, worthy of more attention than they can receive in this brief review…[Many] essays provide glimpses of what comparative, multiperspectival, and transnational writing about German history can achieve.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German Studies Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume offers valuable reflections on the state of the field by leading international historians of Imperial Germany… With its combination of case studies and historiographical reflection, this volume provides a useful snapshot of recent historical research on the Kaiserreich. Berghahn Books deserves credit for again making available to the English-speaking public the translation of an important work of Germany history.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall, the collection is a testimony to the vitality of professional scholarship on the Second Reich. Most of the contributions are mercifully jargon free, but with the detailed discussions of the historiography, buttressed by copious notes to German sources (mostly secondary), this has all the marks of a work for specialists or for graduate students looking for a quick orientation in the literature.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The Historian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCornelius Torp\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSven Oliver Müller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THE PLACE OF IMPERIAL GERMANY IN GERMAN HISTORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e When the \u003cem\u003eSonderweg\u003c\/em\u003e Debate Left Us\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHelmut Walser Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Impossible Vanishing Point. Societal Differentiation in Imperial Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Ziemann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Was the German Empire a Sovereign State?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDieter Grimm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Theories of Nationalism and the Critical Approach to German History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Breuilly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: POLITICS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Authoritarian State and the Political Mass Market\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJames Retallack\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Using Violence to Govern: The German Empire and the French Third Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHeinz-Gerhard Haupt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Woman Suffrage and Antifeminism as Litmus Test of Modernising Societies. A Western European Comparison\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eUte Planert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Germany in the Age of Culture Wars\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOlaf Blaschke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Their Favourite Enemy. German Social Historians and the Prussian Nobility\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStephan Malinowski\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Difficult Relationship. Social History and the Bourgeoisie\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eManfred Hettling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cultural Nationalism and Beyond. Musical Performances in Imperial Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSven Oliver Müller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: WAR AND VIOLENCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e 1914-1945: A Second Thirty Years War? Advantages and Disadvantages of an Interpretive Category\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJörg Echternkamp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Enduring Charm of the Great War. Some Reflections on Methodological Issues\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRoger Chickering\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e The First World War and Military Culture: Continuity and Change in Germany and Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMacGregor Knox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e A German Way of War? Narratives of German Militarism and Maritime Warfare in World War I\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDirk Bönker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e German War Crimes 1914\/1941: The Question of Continuity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlan Kramer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: THE GERMAN EMPIRE IN THE WORLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the Periphery to the Centre. On the Significance of Colonialism for the German Empire\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBirthe Kundrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003cem\u003eKaiserreich\u003c\/em\u003e as a Society of Migration\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas Mergel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wilhelmine Nationalism in Global Contexts. Mobility, Race, and Global Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSebastian Conrad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 20.\u003c\/strong\u003e Imperial Germany under Globalization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCornelius Torp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 21.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Industry and American Big Business, 1900-1914\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVolker Berghahn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038917984599,"sku":"9780857459008","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imperial-germany-revisited-continuing-debates-and-new-perspectives-9780857459008","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}