Imperial Culture in Germany, 1871 - 1918 (European Studies)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781403904218
Subjects: Cultural studies; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; c 1800 to c 1900; Germany; Europe - Germany; History - General History; Textbooks; German; History: World; History; European; Western Europe - General; Art : European; History / Germany; History : Western Europe - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / German; Art and state; European - German; 19th century; Art and society; Intellectual life
First sentence: The German Empire, established in 1871 on the twin foundations of Prussian military strength and economic dynamism, described itself as an 'Eternal League of Princes and Free Cities': a phrase which, like the terms Kaiser (emperor) and Kaiserreich (empire), evoked the medieval past rather than a contemporary world of railways and steamships.