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  • From Old Regime to Industrial State

    A History of German Industrialization from the Eighteenth Century to World War I

    by Richard H. Tilly, Michael Kopsidis ...
    Series series Markets and Governments in Economic History
    In From Old Regime to Industrial State, Richard H. Tilly and Michael Kopsidis question established thinking about Germany's industrialization. While some hold that Germany experienced a sudden breakthrough to industrialization, the authors instead consider a long view, incorporating market demand, agricultural advances, and regional variations in industrial innovativeness, customs, and governance. ... Read more

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  • After Hitler

    Recivilizing Germans, 1945-1995

    by Konrad H. Jarausch ...
    In the spring of 1945, as the German army fell in defeat and the world first learned of the unspeakable crimes of the Holocaust, few would have expected that, only half a century later, the Germans would emerge as a prosperous people at the forefront of peaceful European integration. How did the Germans manage to recover from the shattering experience of defeat in World War II and rehabilitate ... Read more

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  • German Europe

    by Ulrich Beck ...
    Translated by Rodney Livingstone ...
    The euro crisis is tearing Europe apart. But the heart of the matter is that, as the crisis unfolds, the basic rules of European democracy are being subverted or turned into their opposite, bypassing parliaments, governments and EU institutions. Multilateralism is turning into unilateralism, equality into hegemony, sovereignty into the dependency and recognition into disrespect for the dignity of ... Read more

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  • Hitler's Social Revolution

    by David Schoenbaum ...
    The author attempts to analyze Hitler's appeal to German farmers, workers, businessmen, industrialists, women and youth. Beginning with Germany's social situation after World War I, he demonstrates how Hitler improvised a programme that claimed to offer a classless society. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Weimar Republic

    by Eberhard Kolb, Eberhard Kolb ...
    Translated by P. S. Falla ...
    In the first part of the book, Professor Kolb provides a clear historical narrative of the political, social, economic and cultural developments of the Weimar Republic, setting it within the international context of the inter-war period. In the second part he surveys and analyses scholarly research in the field which sheds light on the problems and controversies of the period in home and foreign ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic

    Germany at the Twentieth Anniversary of Unification

    Edited by Eric Langenbacher, Jeffrey Anderson ...
    The fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East and West Germany in 1989/90 were events of world-historical significance. The twentieth anniversary of this juncture represents an excellent opportunity to reflect upon the evolution of the new Berlin Republic. Given the on-going significance of the country for theory and concept–building in many disciplines, an in-depth examination of the ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Buying Time

    The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

    by Wolfgang Streeck ...
    Translated by Patrick Camiller, David Fernbach ...
    The aftershocks of the economic crisis that began in 2008 still rock the world, and have been followed by a crisis in democratic governance. The gravity of the situation is matched by a general paucity of understanding as to precisely what is happening and how it started.In this new edition of a highly acclaimed book, Wolfgang Streeck revisits his recent arguments in the light of Brexit and the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Trams or Tailfins?

    Public and Private Prosperity in Postwar West Germany and the United States

    by Jan L. Logemann ...
    In the years that followed World War II, both the United States and the newly formed West German republic had an opportunity to remake their economies. Since then, much has been made of a supposed “Americanization” of European consumer societies—in Germany and elsewhere. Arguing against these foggy notions*,* Jan L. Logemann takes a comparative look at the development of postwar mass consumption ... Read more

    $40.39 USD

  • The Thanks of the Fatherland

    German Veterans After the Second World War

    by James M. Diehl ...
    An account of the problems facing German veterans after WWII and the ways in which they were addressed in the decade following Germany’s defeat. The primary focus is on the major pieces of veterans' legislation passed in the early years of the German Federal Republic. Historical context is provided by the first two chapters and the conclusion, which compares and contrasts the fate of veterans and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Selling the Economic Miracle

    Economic Reconstruction and Politics in West Germany, 1949-1957

    by Mark E. Spicka ...
    Series Book 18 - Monographs in German History
    Through an examination of election campaign propaganda and various public relations campaigns, reflecting new electioneering techniques borrowed from the United States, this work explores how conservative political and economic groups sought to construct and sell a political meaning of the Social Market Economy and the Economic Miracle in West Germany during the 1950s.The political meaning of ... Read more

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  • The Nazi Voter

    The Social Foundations of Fascism in Germany, 1919-1933

    by Thomas Childers ...
    The first study based on a large national sample of both urban and rural districts examines the Nazi constituency — how it was formed, from which social groups, under what conditions, and with what promises. Using advanced statistical techniques to analyze each national election of the Weimar era, Childres offers a new and challenging interpretation of who voted for Hitler’s NSDAP and why. He also ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Becoming Madam Chancellor

    Angela Merkel and the Berlin Republic

    by Joyce Marie Mushaben ...
    Since 2005, Angela Merkel has transformed not only the way Germans see themselves but also the way that politicians worldwide, male and female, perceive women in power. The East German daughter of a Protestant pastor, this physicist-turned-politician has deployed her life experiences to cultivate a unique set of leadership skills. Her pragmatic, data-driven, and future-oriented approach to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD