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10 - The National Community
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The German Empire, 1871–1918

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The chapter analyzes the place of the German nation in politics and society, particularly nationalist activism and ethnic conflict between Germans, Poles, Danes, and French speakers.

15 - The End of the German Empire
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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02 January 2025, pp 546-604
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The chapter examines the crisis of the First World War, battlefield action, the war’s impact on patterns of domestic conflict, and the reasons for Germany’s defeat.

12 - Wilhelmine Germany
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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02 January 2025, pp 391-445
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The chapter surveys the nationalization of politics after 1890, particularly the impact of naval-building and its financial costs. It also analyzes the patterns of voting behavior.

13 - Global Germany
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The chapter analyzes the material and ideological impact of globalization, particularly the experience of colonial empire.

14 - From War to War
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The German Empire, 1871–1918

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The chapter focuses on Germany’s international relations, the development of the German army and military policy, the domestic consequences of military policy, and the origins of war in 1914.

8 - Gender Relations
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The chapter examines the political mobilization of women and its limits, and sectoral tensions among women’s associations.

3 - Region and Faith
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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02 January 2025, pp 91-120
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This chapter covers regional loyalties and religious institutions, focusing on the Kulturkampf, the state’s attack on Catholicism.

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Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The German Empire, 1871–1918

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02 January 2025, pp 619-627
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2 - High Industrialism
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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02 January 2025, pp 69-90
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This chapter surveys the introduction of new technologies, regional centers of industry, development of business organization, and the broad cultural consequences.

9 - State and Society in the Era of Bismarck
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The German Empire, 1871–1918

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The chapter attends to the ideological foundatons and organization of political power, as well as patterns of parliamentary politics, between 1871 and 1890.

5 - Urban Society
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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02 January 2025, pp 150-171
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The chapter examines the growth of German cities and patterns of social differentiation within them, and municipal government.

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Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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11 - “Our Misfortune”
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The chapter analyzes the situation of Jews, Jewish organizations, Zionism, anti-Semitism, and the development of racist ideologies.

Index
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The German Empire, 1871–1918

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02 January 2025, pp 628-644
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6 - Social Democracy
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The chapter surveys the growth and consolidation of the Socialist labor movement, its persecution by the state, the ideological problem of revolution, the beginnings of the welfare state.

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Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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7 - Bowling Together
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The chapter analyzes institutional underpinnings of political conflict in civic associations, rural–urban conflict, intra-urban conflict, class relations.

Copyright page
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Prologue
Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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This chapter presents a brief background. It treats the Old Regime in Central Europe, the impact of the French Revolution, the postwar settlement, social and economic change, revolution in 1848, and national unification.

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Roger Chickering, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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