Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918

by Jefferies, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781405129978
• ISBN10: 1405129972
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-03
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This volume provides an up-to-date and accessible guide to the diversity of current thinking on Imperial Germany. Offers a historiographical overview, spanning more than a century of works on the German Empire Guides readers through the main approaches, from 'personalist' to 'structuralist' and 'post-structuralist' Presents varying perspectives on gender, cultural history, foreign relations, colonialism, and war Explores the controversial historical reputations of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II Reflects the wide range of opinions on Imperial Germany held by historians today

Author Biography

Matthew Jefferies is Senior Lecturer in German History at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Imperial Culture in Germany, 1871-1918 (2003) and Politics and Culture in Wilhelmine Germany (1995).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
The German Empire and its Historians	p. 7
Great Men? Otto von Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II	p. 47
"Democracy in the Undemocratic State"?	p. 90
"Familiar Features in an Unfamiliar Light"? Social and Cultural Perspectives	p. 126
The Kaiserreich Transnational? Foreign Policy, Colonialism, and the First World War	p. 164
Epilogue: Remembering Imperial Germany	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 203
Index	p. 234
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