Imperial Germany 1871-1918

An international team of twelve expert contributors provides both an introduction to and an interpretation of the key themes in German history from the foundation of the Reich in 1871 to the end of the First World War in 1918.

James Retallack is Professor of History and German Studies at the University of Toronto. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Göttingen and the Free University, Berlin, and has published widely on German history from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.

offers a useful first port of call for students interested in Imperial Germany. Lars Fischer, Canadian Journal of History useful, informative, and entertaining in equal measure. Ewald Frie, German Historical Institute London Bulletin