James Retallack: 3 books
The German Right, 1860-1920
Political Limits of the Authoritarian Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006
Before the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, Germany was undergoing convulsive socioeconomic and political change. With unification as a nation state under Bismarck in 1871, Germany experienced the advent of mass politics, based on the principle of one man, one vote. The dynamic, diverse political culture...
Germany's Second Reich
Portraits and Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Despite recent studies of imperial Germany that emphasize the empire’s modern and reformist qualities, the question remains: to what extent could democracy have flourished in Germany’s stony soil? In Germany’s Second Reich, James Retallack continues his career-long inquiry into the era of Bismarck...
Red Saxony
Election Battles and the Spectre of Democracy in Germany, 1860-1918
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Red Saxony throws new light on the reciprocal relationship between political modernization and authoritarianism in Germany over the span of six decades. Election battles were fought so fiercely in Imperial Germany because they reflected two kinds of democratization. Social democratization could not...