Modern Germany

Dr. Eric Kurlander, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, Stetson UniversityDoug McGetchin, Associate Professor of History, Florida Atlantic University.Bernd-Stefan Grewe, Professor of History, Director of the Institute of Didactics of History and Public History, University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Maps Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1: A World in Flux, 1500-1648The Politics of EmpireCulture and Society in the Age of ExplorationThe Reformation and its ConsequencesConclusion Chapter 2: Germans in the Age of Absolutism, 1648-1740 Dynastic Politics, Trade, and Imperial Exchange State-Building and War in the Age of AbsolutismSociety, Popular Culture, and Belief ConclusionChapter 3: German Empires and Enlightenments, 1740-1790Poets, Philosophers, and World CitizensReforming State and SocietyWar and Empire Conclusion Chapter 4: Revolution and Reform, 1789-1815 The French Revolution in Germany The Impact of the Revolution on German States and Peoples, 1803-1815 The End of the Holy Roman Empire and the Emerging German Nation, 1803-1815 Conclusion Chapter 5: Between Reaction and Revolution, 1815-1848 Society and Economy Culture and Politics in the Vormärz The Revolutions of 1848 Conclusion Chapter 6: Toward Germany, 1848-1871 Industry and Society German Culture Beyond Borders The Politics of Nationhood Conclusion Chapter 7: Building Empire at Home and Abroad, 1871-1890 Building Democracy Nation-Building and Its Discontents Building Empire Conclusion Chapter 8: Wilhelmine Germany and

Modern Germany is superior in its comprehensive, cultural, interdisciplinary, international approach. If you are teaching survey courses in German history and/or culture, it will benefit your students more than any other book on the market."-Bernd Schaefer, George Washington University