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Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 : economy, society, culture, and politics /

A comprehensive history of German society in this period, providing a broad survey of its development. The volume is thematically organized and designed to give easy access to the major topics and issues of the Bismarkian and Wilhelmine eras. The statistical appendix contains a wide range of social,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berghahn, Volker R. (Volker Rolf), 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.
Edición:Rev. and expanded edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Economy. Economic sectors and structural change ; National and regional economic developments ; The organization of industry
  • Society. Demographic structure and development ; Social stratification and inequalities ; Women and men ; Issues of generation and socialization ; Minorities and majorities ; Basic patterns of social inequality and their milieus
  • Culture. High culture and popular culture ; The sciences and humanities ; The press, its readerships, and the role of intellectuals
  • The realm of politics. The constitutional framework ; Parties and elections in a period of dynamic change ; Organizations and movements in the extraparliamentary sphere ; Structure and functional changes in the executive branch ; The evolution of domestic politics, 1871-1914 ; Foreign policy
  • World War I. The July crisis of 1914 ; Strategy, diplomacy, war aims as seen "from above"
  • The world war as experienced "from below" ; Military defeat and the collapse of the Hohenzollern Monarchy.