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A History of Modern Germany - 1800 to the Present

eBook, Published by Wiley (25 January 2011)

£16.99

Book description

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

Martin Kitchen is Professor Emeritus of History at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His books include Nazi Germany at War (1994), The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany (1996), The German Offensives of 1918 (2001), The Third Reich: Charisma and Community (2008) and Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 (2009).

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