James C. Albisetti explores the wide-ranging debate in Imperial Germany over the reform of secondary education to meet the new demands posed by unification, ind

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Despite recent studies of imperial Germany that emphasize the empire’s modern and reformist qualities, the question remains: to what extent could democracy ha

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This innovative survey of European history from the middle of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the First World War tells the story of an era of outward