The Oxford Handbook of Modern German History (Oxford Handbooks)

This is the first comprehensive, multi-author survey of German history that features cutting-edge syntheses of major topics by an international team of leading scholars. Emphasizing demographic, economic, and political history, this Handbook places German history in a denser transnational context than any other general history of Germany. It underscores the centrality of war to the unfolding of German history, and shows how it dramatically affected the development of German nationalism and the structure of German politics. It also reaches out to scholars and students beyond the field of history with detailed and cutting-edge chapters on religious history and on literary history, as well as to contemporary observers, with reflections on Germany and the European Union, and on 'multi-cultural Germany'. Covering the period from around 1760 to the present, this Handbook represents a remarkable achievement of synthesis based on current scholarship. It constitutes the starting point for anyone trying to understand the complexities of German history as well as the state of scholarly reflection on Germany's dramatic, often destructive, integration into the community of modern nations. As it brings this story to the present, it also places the current post-unification Federal Republic of Germany into a multifaceted historical context. It will be an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and anyone interested in modern Germany. This Is A Comprehensive, Multi-author Survey Of German History Featuring Cutting-edge Syntheses Of Major Topics By An International Team Of 35 Leading Scholars. Origins Of Modern Germany / Robert Von Friedeburg -- Senses Of Place / Celia Applegate -- Women And Men : 1760-1960 / Ann Goldberg -- International Conflict, War, And The Making Of Modern Germany, 1740-1815 / Ute Planert -- Cosmopolitanism And The German Enlightenment / Franz Leander Fillafer And Jürgen Osterhammel -- The Atlantic Revolutions In The German Lands, 1776-1849 / Jonathan Sperber -- The End Of The Economic Old Order : The Great Transition, 1750-1860 / James M. Brophy -- Escaping Malthus : Population Explosion And Human Movement, 1760-1884 / Ernest Benz -- Protestants, Catholics, And Jews, 1760-1871 : Enlightenment, Emancipation, New Forms Of Piety / George S. Williamson -- The Formation Of German Nationalism, 1740-1850 / Christian Jansen -- German Literature And Thought From 1810-1890 / Ritchie Robertson -- Nation State, Conflict Resolution, And Culture War, 1850-1878 / Siegfried Weichlein --^ Authoritarian State, Dynamic Society, Failed Imperialist Power, 1878-1914 / Helmut Walser Smith -- The Great Transformation : German Economy And Society, 1850-1914 / Cornelius Torp -- Race And World Politics : Germany In The Age Of Imperialism, 1878-1914 / Andrew Zimmerman -- Germany 1914-1918 : Total War As A Catalyst Of Change / Benjamin Ziemann -- The German National Economy In An Era Of Crisis And War, 1917-1945 / Adam Tooze -- Dictatorship And Democracy, 1918-1939 / Thomas Mergel -- Piety, Power, And Powerlessness : Religion And Religious Groups In Germany, 1870-1945 / Rebekka Habermas -- The Place Of German Modernism / Stephen D. Dowden And Meike G. Werner -- Nationalism In The Era Of The Nation State, 1870-1945 / Pieter M. Judson -- Todesraum : War, Peace, And The Experience Of Mass Death, 1914-1945 / Thomas Kühne -- The Three Horseman Of The Holocaust : Anti-semitism, East European Empire, Aryan Folk Community / William W. Hagen --^ On The Move : Mobility, Migration, And Nation, 1880-1948 / Sebastian Conrad And Philipp Ther -- Germany Is No More : Defeat, Occupation, And The Postwar Oder / Stefan-ludwig Hoffmann -- Democracy And Dictatorship In The Cold War : The Two Germanies, 1949-1961 / Andrew I. Port -- Generations : The Revolutions Of The 1960s / Uta G. Poiger -- Industrialization, Mass Consumption, Post-industrial Society / Donna Harsch -- Religion And The Search For Meaning, 1945-1990 / Benjamin Ziemann -- Culture In The Shadow Of Trauma? / Lutz Koepnick -- The Two German States In The International World / Andreas W. Daum -- Annus Mirabilis : 1989 And German Unification / David F. Patton -- Germany And European Integration Since 1945 / Kiran Klaus Patel -- Toward A Multicultural Society? / William A. Barbieri, Jr. Edited By Helmut Walser Smith. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Copyright 2 Acknowledgements 4 List of Maps, Tables, and Illustrations 5 List of Contributors 7 List of Abbreviations 11 1 Introduction 15 Part I: History 43 2 Origins of Modern Germany 43 3 Senses of Place 65 4 Women and Men: 1760–1960 88 Part II: States, People and Nation, 1760-1860 107 5 International Conflict, War, and the Making of Modern Germany, 1740–1815 108 6 Cosmopolitanism and the German Enlightenment 138 7 The Atlantic Revolutions in the German Lands, 1776–1849 166 8 The End of the Economic Old Order: the Great Transition, 1750–1860 192 9 Escaping Malthus: Population Explosion and Human Movement, 1760–1884 227 10 Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, 1760–1871: Enlightenment, Emancipation, New Forms of Piety 245 11 The Formation of German Nationalism, 1740–1850 270 12 German Literature and Thought From 1810 to 1890 298 Part III: Germany: The Nation State 317 13 Nation State, Conflict Resolution, and Culture War, 1850–1878 318 14 Authoritarian State, Dynamic Society, Failed Imperialist Power, 1878–1914 345 15 The Great Transformation: German Economy and Society, 1850–1914 376 16 Race and World Politics: Germany in the Age of Imperialism, 1878–1914 403 17 Germany 1914–1918. Total War as a Catalyst of Change 423 18 The German National Economy in an Era of Crisis and War, 1917–1945 446 19 Dictatorship and Democracy, 1918–1939 473 20 Piety, Power, and Powerlessness: Religion and Religious Groups in Germany, 1870–1945 504 21 The Place of German Modernism 534 22 Nationalism in the Era of the Nation State, 1870–1945 554 23 Todesraum: War, Peace, and the Experience of Mass Death, 1914–1945 584 24 The Three Horseman of the Holocaust: Anti-Semitism, East European Empire, Aryan Folk Community 606 25 On the Move: Mobility, Migration, and Nation, 1880–1948 632 Part IV: Germany 1945-1989 651 26 Germany is No More: Defeat, Occupation, and the Postwar Order 652 27 Democracy and Dictatorship in the Cold War: the Two Germanies, 1949–1961 676 28 Generations: The ‘Revolutions’ of the 1960s 703 29 Industrialization, Mass Consumption, Post-industrial Society 727 30 Religion and the Search For Meaning, 1945–1990 756 31 Culture in the Shadow of Trauma? 779 32 The Two German States in the International World 798 Part V: Contemporary Germany 818 33 Annus Mirabilis: 1989 and German Unification 819 34 Germany and European Integration Since 1945 843 35 Toward A Multicultural Society? 865 Index 887 The,Oxford,Handbook,of,Modern,German,History "Die moderne Geschichte Deutschlands besser verstehbar zu machen, ist das Ziel des "Oxford Handbook of Modern German History". Unter der Regie des US-Historikers Helmut Walser Smith betrachten betrachten 35 Experten deutsche Geschichte im Kontext der Weltgeschichte... Kontinuität ist der zentrale Begriff im Geschichtsverständnis von Walser Smith. Er will Kontinuitäten sichtbar machen: Der Erste Weltkrieg ist für ihn nicht erklär und verstehbar, wenn man ihn nur als Urkatastrophe etikettiert. Und 1945 'herrschte' auch keine Stunde Null. Das Vorher und das Danach waren vielfältig miteinander verzwirnt. Das Oxford Handbook , an dem je ein Drittel amerikanische, deutsche und Historiker anderer europäischer Länder unter der Regie von Helmut Walser Smith zusammen gearbeitet haben , wurde von Oxford University Press in Auftrag gegeben, weil man dort zu der Überzeugung gelangt war, dass nur durch einen übernationalen Ansatz Geschichte einigermaßen fair vermittelt werden kann. Englischsprachige Geschichtsinteressierte, an die sich das Handbuch in erster Linie richtet, erhalten jetzt erstmals eine thematisch und chronologisch strukturierte Gesamtdarstellung der Genese der modernen deutschen Geschichte, die schon im 18. Jahrhundert ansetzt. Mit der aufkommenden Idee des Nationalstaats und den Auswirkungen des Siebenjährigen Krieges (1756-63) begann sich der komplexe Organismus des Heiligen Römischen Reichs Deutscher Nation aufzulösen... Dem Handbuch gelingt es, sowohl analytisch-distanziert als auch mit Empathie darzulegen, wie sehr die Entwicklung in Deutschland mit den historischen Prozessen im Westen verwoben war - auch wenn sich Deutschland atypisch im Vergleich zu den westlichen Demokratien entwickelte" (dradio.de) __The Oxford Handbook of Modern German History__ is a multi-author survey of German history that features syntheses of major topics by an international team of scholars. Emphasizing demographic, economic, and political history, this text places German history in a denser transnational context than any other general history of Germany. It underscores the centrality of war to the unfolding of German history, and shows how it dramatically affected the development of German nationalism and the structure of German politics. It also reaches out to scholars and students beyond the field of history with detailed chapters on religious history and on literary history, as well as to contemporary observers, with reflections on Germany and the European Union, and on ‘multi-cultural Germany’. Covering the period from around 1760 to the present, this book represents a synthesis based on current scholarship. It constitutes the starting point for anyone trying to understand the complexities of German history as well as the state of scholarly reflection on Germany's dramatic, often destructive, integration into the community of modern nations. As it brings this story to the present, it also places the current post-unification Federal Republic of Germany into a multifaceted historical context.