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Routledge Library Editions: German History


About the Series

Originally published between 1929 and 1991 the volumes in this set:

  • Offer a comprehensive and challenging interpretation of the German past
  • Assess Bismarck’s contribution to the German Empire and his legacy for modern Germany
  • Examine the psyche of the Germans and discuss the psychological impact of the Second World War on the Germans
  • Review critically not only the rise and rule of National Socialism, but also the strength of authoritarianism and militarism and the weakness of democracy in 19th Century Germany
  • Examine the inter-relationships between social and economic change on the one hand, and political developments on the other.
  • Analyse the significance of the Zollverein on economic growth
  • Discuss authority and the law in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic.
  • Analyse the contribution of German historians to 20th Century historiography
  • Chart key events in British – German trade rivalry
  • Include archival material from both the former East and West Germany.

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A German Revolution Local change and Continuity in Prussia, 1918 - 1920

A German Revolution: Local change and Continuity in Prussia, 1918 - 1920

1st Edition

By Stephen C. MacDonald
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1991, although written in the 1970s when the New Orthodoxy was exerting its most powerful influence upon students of the period, this book examines what changed and what did not change in Germany as a result of the Revolution of 1918. It discusses in particular, aspects of ...

Andrew Mitchell and Anglo-Prussian Diplomatic Relations During the Seven Years War

Andrew Mitchell and Anglo-Prussian Diplomatic Relations During the Seven Years War

1st Edition

By Patrick F. Doran
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1986, this book charts the significance of one of the most important eighteenth-century diplomats serving at the Prussian court. It discusses his role in establishing a harmonious relationship with Frederick The Great and the formulation and implementation of Britain’s ...

Bismarck: The White Revolutionary Volume 1 1815-1871

Bismarck: The White Revolutionary: Volume 1 1815-1871

1st Edition

By Lothar Gall
July 01, 2021

Originally published in English in 1986, these volumes are far more than the story of the life of a powerful statesman. The name Bismarck sums up the entire political, social, economic and intellectual development of central Europe in the second half of the 19th Century and the internal and ...

Drink, Temperance and the Working Class in Nineteenth Century Germany

Drink, Temperance and the Working Class in Nineteenth Century Germany

1st Edition

By James S. Roberts
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1984 this book provided the first German case study of a prototypical 19th Century social problem, combining a discussion of popular drinking behaviour with analysis of efforts to reform it on the parts of both middle class temperance reformers and the socialist labour ...

From Kaiserreich to Third Reich Elements of Continuity in German History 1871-1945

From Kaiserreich to Third Reich: Elements of Continuity in German History 1871-1945

1st Edition

By Fritz Fischer
July 01, 2021

Originally published in English in 1986, this book offers a concise summary of the contribution Fritz Fischer and his school made to German historiography in the 20th century and in particular draws attention to continuity in the development and power structures of the German Reich between 1871 and...

From Unification to Nazism Reinterpreting the German Past

From Unification to Nazism: Reinterpreting the German Past

1st Edition

By Eley Geoff
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1986, and bringing together essays written over a 10 year period, this volume offers a coherent and challenging interpretation of the German past. The book argues that the German Empire between 1971 and 1914 may have enjoyed greater stability and cohesion than is often ...

Germany and Europe Political Tendencies From Frederick the Great to Hitler

Germany and Europe: Political Tendencies From Frederick the Great to Hitler

1st Edition

By F. Darmstaedter
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1945, at a time when feelings against the German people were running high, this book is as much a revealing insight into the psyche of the Germans as it is a history of Germany from the late 18th century to the end of WWII. The author firmly believed that a path of ...

Germany in the Age of Total War

Germany in the Age of Total War

1st Edition

Edited By Volker R. Berghahn, Martin Kitchen
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1981 and now re-issued with a new Preface, this book contains contributions on key issues such as the origins of the First World War, the psychological impact of that war on the Germans, the enigmatic personality of Walter Rathenau, anti-semitism and paramilitarism, as well ...

Great Britain and the German Trade Rivalry 1875-1914

Great Britain and the German Trade Rivalry: 1875-1914

1st Edition

By Ross J. S. Hoffman
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1933, this volume covers 3 features of British history in the 40 years prior to the First World War: the inroad made by commercial and industrial Germany on the far-flung business empire of Great Britain; the British national reaction to this German rivalry and the influence...

The Cultural Roots of National Socialism

The Cultural Roots of National Socialism

1st Edition

By Hermann Glaser
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1978, this book discusses some of the most important problems of 20th Century. The central concern of the volume is the deep-rooted provincialism which has pervaded the German cultural scene since the middle of the 19th Century. The causes and consequences of cultural ...

The Development of the German Public Mind Volume 1 A Social History of German Political Sentiments, Aspirations and Ideas  The Middle Ages - The Reformation

The Development of the German Public Mind: Volume 1 A Social History of German Political Sentiments, Aspirations and Ideas The Middle Ages - The Reformation

1st Edition

By Frederick Hertz
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1957, this study shows what the various sections of the Germans of every rank and class were thinking of the ruling men, how far they supported or opposed them, what were their wishes, hopes and fears, prejudices, ideals and standards of right and wrong. The influence of ...

The Epochs of German History

The Epochs of German History

1st Edition

By J. Haller
July 01, 2021

Originally published in 1930 this book discusses the critical moments in German history, with a view to surveying the development of the German nation and an attempt to understand the events of the 1920s with reference to significant chapters in Germany history from the past....

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