Heinemann Advanced History: Germany 1848-1914, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (October 4, 2000) © 2000

  • Bob Whitfield

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780435327118
Heinemann Advanced History: Germany 1848-1914
Published 2000

Title overview

Germany 1848-1914 is the ideal book for students studying the events leading to the unification of Germany in 1871 and developments during the chancellorship of Bismarck.

Table of contents

  • Narrative and Explanation
  • Section 1: 1848–1914
  • Germany in 1848
  • The 1848 revolutions
  • Germany after the 1848 revolutions
  • The unification of Germany, 1862–70
  • Politics in the German Reich, 1871–9
  • Economic and social change 1871–90
  • Bismarck's anti-socialist campaign, 1878–90
  • Bismarcks' foreign policy, 1871–90
  • The fall of Bismarck
  • Germany under Wilhelm II, 1890–1914
  • Analysis and Interpretation
  • Why did the German revolutions of 1848 fail?
  • Why was German unification achieved through Prussian victory?
  • How united was the German Reich?
  • How successful was German foreign policy, 1971–90?
  • What was Bismarck's legacy?
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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