Handbook

In the 18th century there was no unified German state; by the late 19th century a unified Germany had emerged to be a world power. In this course you will study how this came about. This will include topics on the rise of the state of Prussia from the 18th century, the formation, development and destruction of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, and the creation and failure of Germany's first republic (the Weimar Republic). We study the growth and influence of German military, political, economic and cultural power, and examine the role of this period in the long and short-term causes of Nazism.