Imperial Germany Revisited

Continuing Debates and New Perspectives
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85745-900-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

The German Empire, its structure, its dynamic development between 1871 and 1918, and its legacy, have been the focus of lively international debate that is showing signs of further intensification as we approach the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. Based on recent work and scholarly arguments about continuities and discontinuities in modern German history from Bismarck to Hitler, well-known experts broadly explore four themes: the positioning of the Bismarckian Empire in the course of German history; the relationships between society, politics and culture in a period of momentous transformations; the escalation of military violence in Germany's colonies before 1914 and later in two world wars; and finally the situation of Germany within the international system as a major political and economic player. The 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Müller, Sven Oliver

Torp, Cornelius

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Cornelius Torp and Sven Oliver Müller

PART I: THE PLACE OF IMPERIAL GERMANY IN GERMAN HISTORY

Chapter 1. When the Sonderweg Debate Left Us

Helmut Walser Smith

Chapter 2. The Impossible Vanishing Point. Societal Differentiation in Imperial Germany

Benjamin Ziemann

Chapter 3. Was the German Empire a Sovereign State?

Dieter Grimm

Chapter 4. Theories of Nationalism and the Critical Approach to German History

John Breuilly

PART II: POLITICS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Chapter 5. The Authoritarian State and the Political Mass Market

James Retallack

Chapter 6. Using Violence to Govern: The German Empire and the French Third Republic

Heinz-Gerhard Haupt

Chapter 7. Woman Suffrage and Antifeminism as Litmus Test of Modernising Societies. A Western European Comparison

Ute Planert

Chapter 8. Germany in the Age of Culture Wars

Olaf Blaschke

Chapter 9. Their Favourite Enemy. German Social Historians and the Prussian Nobility

Stephan Malinowski

Chapter 10. A Difficult Relationship. Social History and the Bourgeoisie

Manfred Hettling

Chapter 11. Cultural Nationalism and Beyond. Musical Performances in Imperial Germany

Sven Oliver Müller

PART III: WAR AND VIOLENCE

Chapter 12. 1914-1945: A Second Thirty Years War? Advantages and Disadvantages of an Interpretive Category

Jörg Echternkamp

Chapter 13. The Enduring Charm of the Great War. Some Reflections on Methodological Issues

Roger Chickering

Chapter 14. The First World War and Military Culture: Continuity and Change in Germany and Italy

MacGregor Knox

Chapter 15. A German Way of War? Narratives of German Militarism and Maritime Warfare in World War I

Dirk Bönker

Chapter 16. German War Crimes 1914/1941: The Question of Continuity

Alan Kramer

PART IV: THE GERMAN EMPIRE IN THE WORLD

Chapter 17. From the Periphery to the Centre. On the Significance of Colonialism for the German Empire

Birthe Kundrus

Chapter 18. The Kaiserreich as a Society of Migration

Thomas Mergel

Chapter 19. Wilhelmine Nationalism in Global Contexts. Mobility, Race, and Global Consciousness

Sebastian Conrad

Chapter 20. Imperial Germany under Globalization

Cornelius Torp

Chapter 21. German Industry and American Big Business, 1900-1914

Volker Berghahn

Selected Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Müller, Sven Oliver
Sven Oliver Müller is a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. His recent publications include Die Oper im Wandel der Gesellschaft: Kulturtransfers und Netzwerke des Musiktheaters im modernen Europa (Oldenbourg 2010; with Ther, Toelle, and Zur Nieden) and Deutsche Soldaten und ihre Feinde: Nationalismus an Front und Heimatfront im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Fischer 2007).

Torp, Cornelius
Cornelius Torp is Lecturer at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Department of History and is currently Research Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. His publications include Die Herausforderung der Globalisierung. Wirtschaft und Politik in Deutschland 1860-1914 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2005). He is joint editor of European Review of History.

Sven Oliver Müller is a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. His recent publications include Die Oper im Wandel der Gesellschaft: Kulturtransfers und Netzwerke des Musiktheaters im modernen Europa (Oldenbourg 2010; with Ther, Toelle, and Zur Nieden) and Deutsche Soldaten und ihre Feinde: Nationalismus an Front und Heimatfront im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Fischer 2007).