First published in 1987 this collection of essays from one of the leading historians in the field is concerned with the central debates about German history from Bismarck to Hitler. David Blackbourn questions many previously held assumptions whether about the natural conservatism of the German peasantry of the âfeudalizationâ of the middle classes and offers an innovative approach to such subjects as liberalism anti-semitism and the continuing importance of religion in German history. Bringing together social economic cultural and political history each essay is concerned with the social and political flux that characterized the period and with the problems and opportunities it presented. This reissue will be of great value to any students and academics with an interest in the history of modern Germany. . Language: English