A History of Germany, 1800 to the Present is a commanding survey of modern German history that guides you from the turn of the 19th century right the way through to Germany's continuing world-power status today. Covering the revolutions of 1848-49, Bismarck, the World Wars, the Cold War and the progress of a reunified Germany, the 5th edition of this classic textbook provides an authoritative exploration of the country across the whole period like no other. This edition includes: * A new first chapter covering 1800-1815 * A greatly expanded chapter on the re-unification in 1989-90 * An absorbing final chapter on the political, economic, and social developments in the 'new' Federal Republic from 1990 to the present, including a comprehensive analysis of the financial crisis of 2008-2010 * Additional content throughout on: the political activism and engagement of women from 1848-49 to the present; the significance of German colonialism from 1884 to 1919; the origins of WWI; the Third Reich; and the GDR * Biographical textbox vignettes of key actors * For the first time, 40 images and 9 maps Rich with insights into the key historiographical debates, this book offers a thorough introduction to Germany's complex modern history.

The turbulent modern history of Germany in one masterful and now chronologically extended volume.

About the Author
William Carr was Professor of History at the University of Sheffield, UK. A former Chairman of the German History Society, Professor Carr authored numerous books on German history, including Hitler: A Study in Personality and Politics (1986) and The Origins of the Wars of German Unification (1991). The 4th edition of his classic textbook, A History of Germany 1815-1990, was published in 1991. David Wetzel is Lecturer at the University of California Berkeley, USA. He is the author of A Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III and the Origins of the Franco-Prussian War (2001) and A Duel of Nations: Germany, France, and the Diplomacy of the War of 1870-1871 (2012). He is also the editor of From the Berlin Museum to the Berlin Wall: Essays on the Cultural and Political History of Modern Germany (1996).

Reviews
In addition to preserving all of the strengths of William Carr's classic text on modern Germany, David Wetzel has done a brilliant job revising some interpretations on the basis of new scholarship and bringing the story up to the present. This is a clearly written, well informed account of Germany's fascinating and often tragic national history. * James Sheehan, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA *



Book Information
ISBN 9781350062160
Author Professor William Carr
Format Paperback
Page Count 520
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC