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Tables of Contents for A Concise History of Germany
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
ix
6
Preface
xv
1 INTRODUCTION: THE GERMAN LANDS AND PEOPLE
1
8
2 MEDIAEVAL GERMANY
9
24
The beginnings of German history
9
4
Germany in the early and high middle ages
13
9
Germany in the later middle ages
22
11
3 THE AGE OF CONFESSIONALISM, 1500-1648
33
37
The German Reformation: the early years
34
5
The German Peasants' War
39
4
The development of the German Reformation
43
6
Germany in the age of Counter-Reformation
49
4
The Thirty Years War
53
7
The Peace of Westphalia and the effects of the War
60
10
4 THE AGE OF ABSOLUTISM, 1648-1815
70
35
Absolutism and the rise of Prussia
73
12
Religion, culture and Enlightenment
85
10
The impact of the French Revolution
95
10
5 THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISATION, 1815-1918
105
50
Restoration Germany, 1815-48
105
12
The revolutions of 1848
117
6
The unification of Germany
123
8
Germany under Bismarck
131
6
Society and politics in Wilhelmine Germany
137
8
Culture in Imperial Germany
145
3
Foreign policy and the First World War
148
7
6 DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP, 1918-45
155
49
The Weimar Republic: origins and early years
156
11
The period of apparent stabilisation
167
5
The collapse of Weimar democracy
172
6
The consolidation of Hitler's power
178
9
Foreign policy and war
187
9
Holocaust, resistance and defeat
196
8
7 THE TWO GERMANIES 1945-90
204
45
The creation of the two Germanies
204
7
From establishment to consolidation
211
7
Politics in the two Germanies, 1949-89
218
10
Economy and society in West Germany
228
5
Economy and society in the GDR, 1949-89
233
8
The revolution of 1989 and the end of the post-war era
241
8
8 PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS OF GERMAN HISTORY
249
4
Guide to further reading
253
7
Index
260