Germany and Austria since 1814

Mark Allinson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781444186536
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Germany and Austria since 1814 presents an accessible overview of the distinctive historical experiences undergone by both Germany and Austria during this period. Beginning in 1814 with the Congress of Vienna and ending two centuries later with the consequences and ongoing challenges of German and European unification, this book focuses on political history and traces the development of liberal parliamentary democracy in Germany and Austria through to the modern Federal Republic of Germany and Second Austrian Republic, contextualising the Nazi period in both countries. Particular emphasis has been placed on exploring major developments, their causes, and the relationships between them.

Fully revised, this new edition has been expanded to include a new final chapter outlining developments in both Germany and Austria from 1990 to the current day, including recent elections, as well as modifications and updates to other earlier chapters.

Features include:

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• Nine chapters, each analysing a distinct historical period and providing a timeline of the key events for quick reference and orientation

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• Overviews of the main developments in European and World history at the beginning of each chapter, providing international context crucial to a broader understanding of historical events

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• Authentic extracts from contemporary German political texts in the original language

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• Topics for discussion provided in every chapter

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• A guide to further reading and key internet resources for further research

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• A combined glossary of German terms.

Germany and Austria since 1814 provides the essential historical context necessary for an understanding of these pivotal European countries today. It will be invaluable for undergraduate students taking courses in German, History and Area Studies.

Modern History for Modern Languages Series

Written in an accessible style and assuming no prior knowledge, the books in this series address the specific needs of students on language courses. Approaching the study of history from an interest in contemporary politics and society, each book offers a clear historical narrative and sets its region into a world context.

Titles in the series:

France since 1815, Second Edition

Germany and Austria since 1814, Second Edition

Latin America 1800–2000

Spain since 1812, Second Edition

Germany and Austria since 1814

Second Edition

Mark Allinson

First published 2002

This second edition published 2015

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Allinson, Mark, 1967-

Germany and Austria since 1814 / Mark Allinson. -- Second edition.

pages cm -- (Modern history for modern languages)

1. Germany--History--1789-1900. 2. Austria--History--19th century. 3. Germany--History--20th century. 4. Austria--History--20th century. I. Title.

DD17.A734 2014

943.08--dc23

2014016630

ISBN: 978-1-138-81378-6 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-4441-8651-2 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-78493-8 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9780203784938

Typeset in Lucida

by Phoenix Photosetting Ltd, Chatham, Kent

In memory of Susan Sheridan

Contents

• List of illustrations
• Preface to the second edition
• Abbreviations
• Prologue: Germany before 1814
• 1 Reform postponed: 1814–71
  • 1814–40: Restoration and change
  • 1840–49: From Vormärz to revolution
  • 1850–71: The road to unification
• 2 Imperial adventure: 1871–1918
  • Structures of the Kaiserreich
  • 1871–90: Bismarck and the Reich
  • 1890–1914: Wilhelmine Germany – a downward spiral
  • 1914–18: War and its consequences
  • Österreich-Ungarn, 1867–1918
• 3 Weimar – a scapegoat republic: 1918–33
  • 1918–20: The battle for new structures
  • 1920–23: Descent into chaos
  • 1924–9: ‘Golden years’?
  • 1929–33: National socialism and the collapse of republican democracy
  • Evaluating the Weimar Republic
  • Republik Österreich, 1918–33
• 4 Chaotic dictatorship and genocidal war: 1933–45
  • The long-term causes of national socialism – a German Sonderweg?
  • The short-term origins and nature of national socialism
  • Taking power: the Machtergreifung
  • The Drittes Reich in power
  • Racial war
  • Assent and dissent
  • Evaluating the Drittes Reich
  • Republik Österreich and ‘Ostmark’, 1933–45
  • Austria and the legacy of national socialism
• 5 Parting of the ways: 1945–9
  • The allies take control
  • The rebirth of German politics
  • Superpower tensions and the division of Germany
  • Who divided Germany?
  • The rebirth of Austria
• 6 Rehabilitation, restoration and reform: West Germany, 1949–89
  • Structures of the Bundesrepublik
  • 1949–69: Defining moments
  • 1969–89: New challenges
  • E...