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Germany’s Struggle for Modernity: Society, Economy, Culture, and Politics, 1780-1918

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Germany’s Struggle for Modernity

Society, Economy, Culture, and Politics, 1780-1918

Jürgen Kocka

Translated by by Volker Berghahn

208 pages, 11 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-80539-958-2 $135.00/£99.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (April 2025)

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In the historiography of modern Germany, the nineteenth century’s innovations marks a period of seismic change. From accelerating demographic growth to growing secularization and the rise of nationalism, it was a century which laid the foundations for both a civil society and the dictatorships of the twentieth century. In this comprehensive history of Germany from 1780 to 1918, Jürgen Kocka re-examines the transformative interactions that took place between society, economy, culture, and politics. Innovatively resituating these developments within a wider context of conflict and transformation in Europe, this book illuminates new ways to understand the emergence of classical modernity within the nineteenth century.

Jürgen Kocka is a historian of modern Germany and Europe. Since 1988, he has held the position of Professor of the History of the Industrial World at the Free University of Berlin. Focusing on comparative approaches, social history and the cooperation between history and the social sciences, he has held positions such as President of the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and President of the International Organization of Historians. His recent publications include; Kampf um die Moderne: Das Lang 19. Jahrhundert in Deutschland (bpb 2021), Historians and the Future (Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study 2020), and Capitalism: A Short History (Princeton University Press 2016).

Volker Berghahn is the Seth Low Emeritus Professor of History at Columbia University. He has written on European-American business and cultural relations for many years and more recently returned to the study of modern German history in the twentieth century. His recent publications include: Journalists between Hitler and Adenauer (2018), Hans-Günther Sohl als Stahlunternehmer und Präsident des Bundesverbandes der Deutschen Industrie(2020) and The Insider-Outsider of Early-Twentieth Century German Industry (2024).

Subject: History: 18th/19th CenturyHistory: 20th Century to PresentHistory: World War I
Area: Germany


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