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Germany's Two Unifications

Anticipations, Experiences, Responses

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Editors:
  1. Ronald Speirs

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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  2. John Breuilly

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Part of the book series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies (NPG)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Concept of National Unification

    • John Breuilly, Ronald Speirs
    Pages 1-25

  3. Beginning and End? The Two German Unifications and the Epoch of Territoriality

    • Johannes Paulmann
    Pages 26-48

  4. Illegitimate Unions? German and European Unifications Viewed in Comparative Perspective

    • Laurence McFalls
    Pages 49-61

  5. Cultural Critique in the Two Unifications of Germany

    • Stephen Brockmann
    Pages 62-75

  6. Identity in Difference: Collective Symbols and the Interplay of Discourses in the Two German Unifications

    • Rolf Parr
    Pages 76-100

  7. Nationalism and the First Unification

    • John Breuilly
    Pages 101-121

  8. How did German Federalism Shape Unification?

    • Abigail Green
    Pages 122-138

  9. ‘Something Magical in the Name of Prussia…’ British Perceptions of German Nation Building in the 1860s

    • James Retallack
    Pages 139-154

  10. For Country, Court and Church: The Bavarian Patriots’ Party and Bavarian Regional Identity in the Era of German Unification

    • Erwin Fink
    Pages 155-171

  11. The Structure of German National Consciousness: Protestants, Catholics and Jews, 1871

    • Helmut Walser Smith
    Pages 172-184

  12. German Literature and the Foundation of the Second Empire

    • Ronald Speirs
    Pages 185-208

  13. Provincialism, Private Life and the Marginal Hero: Germany after Unification in the Works of Gustav Freytag, Friedrich Spielhagen and Paul Heyse

    • Elystan Griffiths
    Pages 209-223

  14. Theodor Fontane: Post-war Novelist

    • John Osborne
    Pages 224-240

  15. Nationalism in the Second German Unification

    • Mary Fulbrook
    Pages 241-260

  16. Historians, Unification and the ‘New National Paradigm’

    • Corey Ross
    Pages 261-273

  17. Cultural Polarities? Grass, Walser, Wolf: Reflections on the Process of Unification

    • Michael Butler
    Pages 274-291

  18. From a ‘Multinational Republic’ to ‘The Promised Land’: Journals and Unification

    • Karoline von Oppen
    Pages 292-306

  19. Conclusion

    • John Breuilly
    Pages 307-316

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 317-340
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About this book

Germany's unique historical experience of undergoing national unification twice in a little over a century makes it a fascinating object of study. In this volume the processes of unification are analysed from the point of view of historians, political scientists and literary historians. Because each event had quite different historical pre-conditions (the first having been long anticipated and pursued, whereas the second took virtually all participants by surprise), the processes of adjustment to it have differed in many ways. Yet in each case the idea of national unity has held sway powerfully as a norm guiding the responses of those involved.

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'A unique academic collaboration to address a unique historical phnomenon.' - Daniel Johnson, Times Higher Education Supplement

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Ronald Speirs

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    John Breuilly

About the editors

STEPHEN BROCKMANN Associate Professor of German, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, USA MICHAEL BUTLER Professor Emeritus of Modern German Literature, University of Birmingham, UK ERWIN FINK University of Toronto, Canada MARY FULBROOK Professor of German History, University College London, UK ABIGAIL GREEN Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, UK ELYSTAN GRIFFITHS Research Fellow in the Department of German Studies, University of Birmingham, UK LAURENCE MCFALLS Professor of Political Science, University of Montreal, Canada JOHN OSBORNE Professor Emeritus of German, University of Warwick, UK ROLF PARR Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Bielefeld University, Germany JOHANNES PAULMANN Helmut Schmidt Chair of International History, International University Bremen, Germany JAMES RETALLACK Professor of History and German Studies, University of Toronto, Canada COREY ROSS Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern History, University of Birmingham, UK HELMUT WALSER SMITH Vanderbilt Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA KAROLINE VON OPPEN Lecturer in German, Department of Modern Languages and European Studies, University of Bath, UK

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