" The process of democratization that unfolded in European countries during the nineteenth
century involved multiple dilemmas of institutional design. The first question concerned the …

In recent years the outlines of a new master narrative of modern German history have begun
to emerge in a wide range of publications. This narrative draws heavily on the theoretical …

In a work based on new archival, press, and literary sources, the author revises the picture of
German imperialism as being the brainchild of a Machiavellian Bismarck or the" …

Standard narratives hold that the German students of the late 1800s and early 1900s were
conservative, anti-Semitic, radically nationalist, and aggressively militaristic. According to …

This book looks at the policing of social and political protest and of the role played by the
French and Prussian armies in maintaining public order in the years leading up to the First …

The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth
century. Its promoters, The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal, attracted a great deal of attention …

The Making of a German Constitution is one of the first books to explore the important place
of the theory and practice of private law (civil law) in the transformation of Modern Germany's …

" The failure of Liberalism" in Germany and its responsibility for the rise of Nazism has been
widely discussed among scholars inside and outside Germany. This author argues that …

Europe's Uncertain Path is an introduction to Europe's turbulent history from 1814 to 1914. It
presents a clear narrative of the major political events, set against the backdrop of social …

There are many ways to approach the history of the welfare state, and one's understanding
of the subject depends to a large degree on the path one takes and the questions that are …