{"product_id":"the-long-nineteenth-century-a-history-of-germany-17801918","title":"The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany  1780-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late eighteenth century  German-speaking Europe was a patchwork of principalities and lordships. Most people lived in the countryside  and just half survived until their late twenties. By the beginning of our own century  unified Germany was the most powerful state in Europe. No longer a provincial \"land of poets and thinkers \" the country had been transformed into an industrial and military giant with an advanced welfare system. The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany  1780-1918  is a masterful account of this transformation. Spanning 150 years  from the eve of the French Revolution to the end of World War I  it introduces students to crucial areas of German social and cultural history -- demography and social structure  work and leisure  education and religion -- while providing a comprehensive account of political events. The text explains how Germany came to be unified  and the consequences of that unification. It describes the growing role of the state and new ways in which rulers asserted their authority  but questions clich about German \"obedience.\" It also looks at the ways in which the factory  the railway  and the movement into towns created new social relations and altered perceptions of time and place. Drawing on a generation of work devoted to migration  housing  crime  medicine  and popular culture  Blackbourn offers a powerful and original account of a changing society  trying to do justice to the experiences of contemporary Germans  both women and men. Informed by the latest scholarship  The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany  1780-1918  provides a complete and up-to-date alternative to conventional political histories of this period and is essential reading for undergraduates in German history and political science courses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964213751861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195076729","price":91.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195076721.jpg?v=1770452895","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-long-nineteenth-century-a-history-of-germany-17801918","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}