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Facing Total War : German Society 1914-1918

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First UK Edition. Dust jacket complete, unclipped, title has faded on spine, slight wear to edges. Cream cloth with bright red titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 278 pages clean and tight. What did the First World War do to German society? How did social structures and changes influence the country's military performance? Did the war halt, redirect, or speed up long-term trends? This book provides an analysis of the responses of different social groups in Germany to each other and to the extraordinary pressure of nearly total war. Jurgen Kocka, one of the foremost social and economic historians of the younger generation in West Germany, provides a comprehensive overview of a whole society confronted with a basic challenge. A history of class interaction, class compromises and class conflict, the book also searches out a systematic explanation of the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy and the Revolution of 1918. This work is particularly valuable in showing the crucial role the social history of classes can have in accounting for historical developments in wartime. Methodologically indebted to Marxian and Weberian theory as well as to modern conflict research, it will appeal not only to historians of contemporary Germany, but to everyone interested in the political, social, and economic history of Western Europe. Size: 8vo. Nº de ref. del artículo: 136613

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