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Wilhelminism and Its Legacies: German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930
Geoff Eley (Ed.)
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Description for Wilhelminism and Its Legacies: German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930
Hardcover. What was distinctive about German society and politics in the age of Kaiser Wilhelm II? Editor(s): Eley, Geoff; Retallack, James N. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 306 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
What was distinctive--and distinctively modern --about German society and politics in the age of Kaiser Wilhelm II? In addressing this question, these essays assemble cutting-edge research by fourteen international scholars. Based on evidence of an explicit and self-confidently bourgeois formation in German public culture, the contributors suggest new ways of interpreting its reformist potential and advance alternative readings of German political history before 1914. While proposing a more measured understanding of Wilhelmine Germany's extraordinarily dynamic society, they also grapple with the ambivalent, cross-cutting nature of German modernities and reassess their impact on long-term developments running through the Wilhelmine age.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
578g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571812230
SKU
V9781571812230
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99-15
About Geoff Eley (Ed.)
Geoff Eley is the Sylvia L. Thrupp Collegiate Professor of Comparative History and has taught at the University of Michigan since 1979. His primary appointment is in History, with a cross appointment in German Studies and an additional affiliation with Film and Video Studies. James Retallack is Professor of History at th Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. As a recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize from the Humboldt Foundation, in 2002-03 he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Gottingen.
Reviews for Wilhelminism and Its Legacies: German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930
It is one of the main merits of this volume to historicize the 'modern' concept of parliamentarianism and democracy ... offers a stimulating contribution to the scholarship on Imperial Germany.
H-Soz-u-Kult [this] brief review cannot do justice to the breadth of contributions offered in this slender volume. While the collection does not cover all aspects of Wilhelmine history...it does provide a good introduction to the current state o f the field...these essays offer avenues for further exploration rather than definitive statements.
German Studies Review ...a valuable volume which makes some substantial contribution to a number of subfields in modern German history...the editors are to be thanked for assembling a volume of original and insightful works, one which ought to be in the collection of every library that supports programs in contemporary German history, cultural studies, or political science.
Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire
H-Soz-u-Kult [this] brief review cannot do justice to the breadth of contributions offered in this slender volume. While the collection does not cover all aspects of Wilhelmine history...it does provide a good introduction to the current state o f the field...these essays offer avenues for further exploration rather than definitive statements.
German Studies Review ...a valuable volume which makes some substantial contribution to a number of subfields in modern German history...the editors are to be thanked for assembling a volume of original and insightful works, one which ought to be in the collection of every library that supports programs in contemporary German history, cultural studies, or political science.
Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire