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Mehrfachbesprechung: Ulrich Herbert: Geschichte Deutschlands im 20. Jahrhundert, München. 2014
Review essays: Ulrich Herbert: Geschichte Deutschlands im 20. Jahrhundert, Munich. 2014
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Abstract Ulrich Herbert’s monography “Geschichte Deutschlands im 20. Jahrhundert” (German History in the 20th Century) is a major coup in the literature on German history. This is particularly striking as it has become almost impossible to keep track of the literature published on this topic. Further, the mu... view more
Ulrich Herbert’s monography “Geschichte Deutschlands im 20. Jahrhundert” (German History in the 20th Century) is a major coup in the literature on German history. This is particularly striking as it has become almost impossible to keep track of the literature published on this topic. Further, the multi-faceted and contradictory character of German history itself makes such a general work undoubtedly ambitious in itself. Each review essay in this article concentrates on different eras of German 20th-century history. They contain some points of criticism while still marking Herbert’s book as a great work, in general. Amongst the reasons for this are that his methods are state-of-the-art and because he continually discusses the overall European context.... view less
Keywords
economic development (on national level); political history; German Democratic Republic (GDR); Federal Republic of Germany; Weimar Republic (Germany, 1918-33); German Empire; Germany; historical development; German Reich; twentieth century; political development; Third Reich
Classification
General History
Document language
German
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 351-367
Journal
Historical Social Research, 40 (2015) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.1.351-367
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed