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German Modernities From Wilhelm to Weimar: A Contest of Futures
Geoff Eley
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Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 maps, 4 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
What was German modernity? What did the years between 1880 and 1930 mean for Germany's navigation through a period of global capitalism, imperial expansion, and technological transformation? German Modernities From Wilhelm to Weimar brings together leading historians of the Imperial and Weimar periods from across North America to readdress the question of German modernities. Acutely attentive to Germany's eventual turn towards National Socialism and the related historiographical arguments about `modernity', this volume explores the variety of social, intellectual, political, and imperial projects pursued by those living in Germany in the Wilhelmine and Weimar years who were ... Read more
What was German modernity? What did the years between 1880 and 1930 mean for Germany's navigation through a period of global capitalism, imperial expansion, and technological transformation? German Modernities From Wilhelm to Weimar brings together leading historians of the Imperial and Weimar periods from across North America to readdress the question of German modernities. Acutely attentive to Germany's eventual turn towards National Socialism and the related historiographical arguments about `modernity', this volume explores the variety of social, intellectual, political, and imperial projects pursued by those living in Germany in the Wilhelmine and Weimar years who were ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474216272
SKU
V9781474216272
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About Geoff Eley
Geoff Eley is Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History and Professor of German Studies at the University of Michigan, USA. He is the author of Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000 (2002), A Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society (2005) and Nazism as Fascism: Violence, Ideology, and the Ground of ... Read more
Reviews for German Modernities From Wilhelm to Weimar: A Contest of Futures
[A] theoretically ambitious volume ... admirable for its clear focus and coherence ... [It] is not only characterized by a high level of scholarship but also succeeds in showing the complexities of German history.
Journal of Modern History
This fine collection of sophisticated essays mounts an important challenge to received notions of modern German history. The book's distinguished ... Read more
Journal of Modern History
This fine collection of sophisticated essays mounts an important challenge to received notions of modern German history. The book's distinguished ... Read more