Germany’s struggle for modernity : society, economy, culture, and politics, 1780-1918

"In the historiography of modern Germany, the nineteenth century's innovations marks a period of seismic change. From accelerating demographic growth to growing secularization and the rise of nationalism, it was a century which laid the foundations for both a civil society and the dictator...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kocka, Jürgen 1941- (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Berghahn, Volker R. 1938-
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2025
Sujets:Civilization, Modern
Description matérielle:1 online resource (190 pages)
Table des matières:
  • Images of nineteenth-century Germany and how they have changed
  • The century of industrialization
  • Population growth and patterns of migration : poverty and gradual amelioration
  • An increasingly bourgeois century
  • Education and scholarship, the sciences and the arts
  • Nation state, integration and war
  • Conclusion : the breakthrough of classical modernity.