The Unification of Germany

Reprint of the successful volume in the Cambridge Topics in History series with a new full colour cover.

Michael Gorman (Author)

9780521317306, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 July 1989

116 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm, 0.175 kg

The author considers the various factors which helped to forge German unity: the role of Bismarck; the growth of liberalism and nationalism within Germany; the state of European politics prior to 1871; and the impact of a burgeoning German economy.

Introduction
1. Forces of change and stability 1815–48
2. 1848: ‘The Crazy Year’
3. The changing balance 1849–62
4. Bismarck, Austria and the North German Confederation
5. The war with France
6. Unification
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: History [HB]