A History of Modern Germany: 1800 to the Present

Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present. * Provides readers with a long view of modern German history, revealing its continuities and changes * Features updated and extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender * Includes more in depth coverage of the German Democratic Republic * Examines Germany's social, political, and economic history * Covers the unification of Germany, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war division, the collapse of Communism, and developments since re-unification * Addresses regional history rather than focusing on the dominant role of Prussia