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Author(s): Geoff Eley; James Retallack
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ISBN 10: 085745711X 
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Author: Geoff Eley, James Retallack

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.

Wilhelminism and Its Legacies German Modernities Imperialism and the Meanings of Reform 1890 1930 1st Table of contents:

Part I: The Age of Wilhelminism (1890-1914)

Chapter 1: The Imperial State and Society: Tensions of Modernity

  • The Kaiser and the Politics of Personality
  • Constitutionalism and its Discontents: Parliament vs. Monarchy
  • Social Structures: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Class Conflict
  • Cultural Currents: Nationalism, Militarism, and the Bürgertum

Chapter 2: The New Imperialism: Germany’s Place in the Sun

  • Motivations for Empire: Economic, Political, and Ideological
  • Colonial Acquisitions and Administration
  • The “Weltpolitik” and International Rivalries
  • The Impact of Empire on Domestic Politics and Culture

Chapter 3: Discourses of Reform and Reaction

  • Social Reform and the Welfare State
  • Educational Reform and the Sciences
  • Political Reform Movements: Liberalism, Socialism, and Conservatism
  • Anti-Modernist Backlashes and Conservative Resistance

Part II: The Great War and its Transformative Impact (1914-1918)

Chapter 4: War, Society, and the Crisis of Wilhelminism

  • The Outbreak of War and National Mobilization
  • Total War and its Impact on German Society
  • Propaganda, Public Opinion, and the Home Front
  • The Erosion of the Imperial System

Chapter 5: Imperialism in Wartime: Aims and Realities

  • German War Aims and Expansionist Visions
  • Colonial Campaigns and Their Aftermath
  • The Economic Dimensions of Wartime Imperialism
  • The Shifting Meanings of “Greater Germany”

Part III: Legacies and Aftermath: The Weimar Republic (1918-1930)

Chapter 6: Revolution, Republic, and the Shadow of the Past

  • The November Revolution and the End of the Monarchy
  • Founding the Weimar Republic: Hopes and Challenges
  • The Treaty of Versailles and its Consequences
  • Continuities and Discontinuities with Wilhelminism

Chapter 7: Weimar Modernities and the Enduring Imperial Idea

  • Cultural and Intellectual Life in the Weimar Republic
  • Economic Reconstruction and Social Changes
  • The Persistence of Imperialist Thought in the Republic
  • Efforts at Colonial Revisionism and Reengagement

Chapter 8: The Limits of Reform and the Rise of Extremism

  • Challenges to Democratic Consolidation
  • Economic Crises and Political Instability
  • The Appeal of Radical Ideologies (Right and Left)
  • The Unresolved Legacies of Wilhelminian Imperialism

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