Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present.

Provides readers with a long view of modern German history, revealing its continuities and changes
Features updated and extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender
Includes more in depth coverage of the German Democratic Republic
Examines Germany's social, political, and economic history
Covers the unification of Germany, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war division, the collapse of Communism, and developments since re-unification
Addresses regional history rather than focusing on the dominant role of Prussia