Modern Germany A Global History

Modern Germany: A Global History places Germany in a global and transnational context, while offering a broad scope of chronological and thematic coverage. The authors present German-speaking lands in relation to the rest of the world, rather than as discrete entities, bringing global and transnational linkages and interdependencies into focus.

Eric Kurlander, Professor of Modern European History and Chair of the History Department at Stetson University.

Doug McGetchin, Associate Professor of History, Florida Atlantic University.

Bernd-Stefan Grewe, Professor of Modern History and Didactics of History at the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany.

List of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors

Chapter One: A World in Flux: 1500-1648
The Politics of Empire
Charles V and Universal Monarchy
Culture and Society in the Age of Exploration
The Reformation
The Social and Political Consequences of the Reformation
Conclusion

Chapter Two: Germans in the Age of Absolutism, 1648-1740
Dynastic Politics, Trade, and Imperial Exchange
Society, Popular Culture, and Belief
Conclusion

Chapter Three: German Empires and Enlightenments, 1740-1790
Poets, Philosophers, and World Citizens
Reforming State and Society
War and Empire
Conclusion

Chapter Four: Revolution and Reform, 1789-1815
The French Revolution in Germany
The Impact of the Revolution on German States and Peoples, 1803-1815
The End of the Holy Roman Empire and the Emerging German Nation, 1803-1815
Conclusion

Chapter Five: Between Reaction and Revolution, 1815-1848
Society and Economy
Culture and Politics in the Vormärz
The Revolutions of 1848
Conclusion

Chapter Six: Toward Germany, 1848-1871
Industry and Society
German Culture Beyond Borders
The Politics of Nationhood
Conclusion

Chapter Seven: Building Empire at Home and Abroad, 1871-1890
Building Democracy
Nation-Building and its Discontents
Building Empire
Conclusion

Chapter Eight: Wilhelmine Germany and "World Policy," 1890-1914
Democracy and Empire
Progress and Anxiety: Economy, Society and Culture
Empire and Colonial Policy
Conclusion

Chapter Nine: The First World War, 1914-1918
The Origins and Course of the First World War
Total War
Wartime Politics and Revolution
Conclusion

Chapter Ten: The Weimar Republic, 1918-1933
The Challenges of Democracy: Domestic Politics and Socioeconomic Crisis
The Challenges of Modernity: Culture and Society in the Weimar Republic
National Conflict and International Compromise, 1919-1933
Conclusion

Chapter Eleven: The Third Reich, 1933-1945
Nazi Politics in a Global Context
Society and Economy: A National Socialist Revolution?
The Culture of Coercion and Consent 1933-1939
Conclusion

Chapter Twelve: The Second World War, 1939-1945
Strange Victories, 1938-1941
Nazi Empire Building, 1941-1943
Collapse and End of the Second World War, 1943-1945
Conclusion

Chapter Thirteen: The Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing, 1941-1945
Global Contexts: European Colonialism, Ethnic Cleansing, and Antisemitism, 1918-1938
From "Jewish Question" to "Final Solution," 1933-1942
Conclusion

Chapter Fourteen: German Republics, 1945-1969
Germans and the New Postwar Order, 1945-1949
Culture, Economy, and Society in Two Germanies, 1949-1969
Cold War Politics and Diplomacy, 1949-1969
Conclusion

Chapter Fifteen: Transcending Divisions, 1969-1991
Politic and Diplomacy (Ostpolitik, Détente, and Disillusion)
Economy, Culture, and Society in Two Germanies, 1969-1989
The Fall of the Wall and Reunification Summer 1989-Summer 1991
Conclusion

Chapter Sixteen: Germany and the World, 1991-Present
Multicultural Germany
Politics and Economy
Germany in the World
Conclusion

Glossary
Credits
Index