Publisher's Synopsis
This volume provides an up-to-date and accessible guide to the diversity of current thinking on Imperial Germany.
- Offers a historiographical overview, spanning more than a century of works on the German Empire
- Guides readers through the main approaches, from 'personalist' to 'structuralist' and 'post-structuralist'
- Presents varying perspectives on gender, cultural history, foreign relations, colonialism, and war
- Explores the controversial historical reputations of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Reflects the wide range of opinions on Imperial Germany held by historians today
