{"product_id":"history-of-germany-1780-1918-isbn-9780631231967","title":"History of Germany 1780-1918","description":"This history offers a powerful and original account of Germany from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War One.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a leading German historian who has transformed the historiography of modern Germany over the past two decades.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the whole of the long nineteenth century and emphasizes continuities through this period.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together political, social and cultural history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines a comprehensive account with a feel for the human dimension and the history of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccessible to non-specialists, thought-provoking and entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe updated second edition includes a revised bibliography.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Maps. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Plates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: Germany in the Late Eighteenth Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Age of Revolutions, 1789–1848:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 In the Shadow of France.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Germany in Transition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Revolutions of 1848–9.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Age of Progress:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Economy and Society Transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 From Reaction to Unification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Progress and its Discontents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Age of Modernity, 1880–1914:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 ‘Made in Germany': A New Economic Order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Society and Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Old Politics and the New.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Germany at War, 1914–18.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography of English Language Works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  ‘David Blackbourn is one of the brightest of a younger generation of Anglo-American scholars whose work has transformed the historiography of modern Germany over the past two decades.' \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Here is contemporary historical scholarship at its best. Witty, modest about historical generalizations, but ever willing to introduce revisionism, Blackbourn demonstrates how to write thought-provoking and persuasive prose.' \u003ci\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘It is elegant, thought-provoking, informative and entertaining, summarizing a formidable body of literature and offering new interpretations of it. Everyone, from undergraduates to experts in the field, and beyond the walls of academia to the educated general reader . . . can read [this book] with profit and pleasure.' \u003ci\u003eCentral European History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Blackbourn\u003c\/b\u003e is Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eClass, Religion and Local Politics in Wilhelmine Germany\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), \u003ci\u003eThe Peculiarities of German History\u003c\/i\u003e (with Geoff Eley, 1984), \u003ci\u003ePopulists and Patricians\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), and the prize-winning\u003ci\u003e Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Bismarckian Germany\u003c\/i\u003e (1993).  In the late eighteenth century, German-speaking Europe was a patchwork of principalities. Yet by the early twentieth century, unified Germany had become the most powerful state in Europe. David Blackbourn tells the story of this transformation with eloquence, authority and wit, weaving together political, social, and cultural history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a book about revolution, nationalism and the growing role of the state. It also explores subjects that range from religion to racism, and Mozart to medicine. The result is a powerful and original account of Germany from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War One.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis highly praised book is now available in a new edition with an updated bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989366063333,"sku":"NP9780631231967","price":54.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631231967.jpg?v=1761783834","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/history-of-germany-1780-1918-isbn-9780631231967","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}