[Short Oxford History of Germany 01] • Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 by Retallack, James -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of maps List of contributors Introduction

Continuity and rupture ‘Playing with scales’ Contesting the past Key themes

1 Bismarckian Germany

The new empire Germany in Europe Bismarck’s foreign policy The task of national consolidation Bismarck’s domestic policies The end of the Bismarckian era

2 Wilhelmine Germany

Social traditions and conflicts in a nervous age Domestic politics World empires and European politics The First World War Imperial Germany’s place in history

3 Economic and social developments

Class society From agrarian to industrial state Big business, technology, and the state Complex identities Conclusion

4 Religion and confessional conflict

Conflict Integration The Jews Religion, secularization, modernization

5 Culture and the arts

Institutions of the cultural world Amateurs and art culture Serious art and the art establishment Art for entertainment German Modernism and the avant-garde

6 Gendered Germany

The gendered distribution of life’s opportunities

Childhood and youth Education and training Employment Ways of life Old age and death

The women’s movement and anti-feminism Nationalism, ‘high politics’, and war Conclusion

7 The bourgeoisie and reform

Identity, politics, values The range and diversity of reform The potentials and dynamics of bourgeois reform Unity in diversity: assumptions, orientations, strategies

8 Political culture and democratization

The authoritarian state and its historians Nation building and social pillarization New departures at the fin de siècle Paths towards democracy

9 Militarism and radical nationalism

Soldiers and policy The militarization of culture War and the discourse of politics Populist militarism The national opposition and the military

10 Transnational Germany

Transnational historiography Actors, media, public spheres ‘World politics’, world markets, mobility Politics of the nation Subjectivities, representations, knowledge Germany in the world Taking stock

11 War and revolution

The spirit of 1914: public opinion in July and August Military developments The home front Propaganda: giving meaning to the war Making peace, making revolution The legacy of the war

Looking forward Further reading Chronology Maps Index Footnotes