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Fighting for the Soul of Germany: The Catholic Struggle for Inclusion after Unification
Rebecca Ayako Bennette
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Hardback. Historians have long believed that Catholics were late and ambivalent supporters of the German nation. Rebecca Ayako Bennette's bold new interpretation demonstrates definitively that from the beginning in 1871, when Wilhelm I was proclaimed Kaiser of a unified Germany, Catholics were actively promoting a German national identity for the new Reich. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
Historians have long believed that Catholics were late and ambivalent supporters of the German nation. Rebecca Ayako Bennette’s bold new interpretation demonstrates definitively that from the beginning in 1871, when Wilhelm I was proclaimed Kaiser of a unified Germany, Catholics were actively promoting a German national identity for the new Reich.
In the years following unification, Germany was embroiled in a struggle to define the new nation. Otto von Bismarck and his allies looked to establish Germany as a modern nation through emphasis on Protestantism and military prowess. Many Catholics feared for their future when he launched the Kulturkampf, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674065635
SKU
V9780674065635
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About Rebecca Ayako Bennette
Rebecca Ayako Bennette is Assistant Professor of History at Middlebury College.
Reviews for Fighting for the Soul of Germany: The Catholic Struggle for Inclusion after Unification
Bennette has written a lucid, scholarly analysis that furthers past research that has studied Catholics no longer in the ghetto, and who can now be treated as modern historical subjects.
D. J. Dietrich
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A first-rate work that significantly revises our understanding of a key issue in modern German history. Bennette shows for the first time that ... Read more
D. J. Dietrich
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A first-rate work that significantly revises our understanding of a key issue in modern German history. Bennette shows for the first time that ... Read more