Table of Contents

James Retallack: Introduction
1: Katharine Anne Lerman: Bismarckian Germany
2: Mark Hewitson: Wilhelmine Germany
3: Brett Fairbairn: Economic and social developments
4: Christopher Clark: Religion and confessional conflict
5: Celia Applegate: Culture and the arts
6: Angelika Schaser: Gendered Germany
7: Edward Ross Dickinson: The bourgeoisie and reform
8: Thomas Kühne: Political culture and democratization
9: Roger Chickering: Militarism and radical nationalism
10: Sebastian Conrad: Transnational Germany
11: Jeffrey Verhey: War and revolution
12: James Retallack: Looking forward
Further Reading
Chronology
Index

About the Author

James Retallack is Professor of History and German Studies at the University of Toronto. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Göttingen and the Free University, Berlin, and has published widely on German history from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.

Reviews

offers a useful first port of call for students interested in Imperial Germany.
*Lars Fischer, Canadian Journal of History*

useful, informative, and entertaining in equal measure.
*Ewald Frie, German Historical Institute London Bulletin*