{"product_id":"2026100012436-secondhand-germany-1789-1919-a-political-history","title":"Germany 1789 - 1919: A Political History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: dj is showing signs of delamination; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the tremors of the French Revolution to the collapse of the Hohenzollern dynasty in the ashes of the First World War, Germany 1789–1919: A Political History chronicles one of the most turbulent and consequential centuries in European history. Agatha Ramm presents a masterful account of Germany's fragmented political landscape — tracing the rise of Prussian dominance, the revolutionary upheavals of 1848, Bismarck's iron-willed unification of the Reich in 1871, and the catastrophic arc of Wilhelmine imperial ambition that culminated in the carnage of 1914–1918. Spanning the full sweep of German state-building, the work details the complex interplay of nationalism, liberalism, conservatism, and militarism that shaped a nation perpetually torn between tradition and transformation.\n\nRamm writes with the precision of a seasoned scholar and the narrative authority of a historian who understands that politics is never merely institutional — it is the expression of deeper social and cultural forces. Her analysis illuminates the structural tensions within German society that made the Weimar Republic's birth both inevitable and precarious. For students of European history and political thought alike, this landmark work poses a question that still resonates: was the catastrophe of 1919 the end of an era, or merely the prelude to something far worse?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948303945947,"sku":"2026100012436-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/58ff5a9c-f1e1-4893-9e04-cf74727baf9c.png?v=1793104164","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012436-secondhand-germany-1789-1919-a-political-history","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}