The Evans, Richard J. creator text bibliography nyu New York Penguin Books 2005, c2003 2005 2003 monographic eng

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xxxiv, 622 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand. In 1900 Germany was the most progressive and dynamic nation in Europe, the only country whose rapid technological and social growth and change challenged that of the United States. Its political culture was less authoritarian than Russia's and less anti-Semitic than France's; representative institutions were thriving, and competing political parties and elections were a central part of life. How then can we explain the fact that in little more than a generation this stable modern country would be in the hands of a violent, racist, extremist political movement that would lead it and all of Europe into utter moral, physical, and cultural ruin? A synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as he shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. The first book of what will be a three-volume history of Nazi Germany.--From publisher description. The legacy of the past -- The failure of democracy -- The rise of Nazism -- Towards the seizure of power -- Creating the Third Reich -- Hitler's cultural revolution. Richard J. Evans. Includes bibliographical references (p. [462]-584) and index. e-gx--- Germany History 1871-1918 Germany History 1918-1933 National socialism History Germany Politics and government 1871-1933 Nazisme Histoire Allemagne Histoire 1871-1918 Allemagne Histoire 1918-1933 Allemagne Politique et gouvernement 1871-1933 DD221 .E92 2005 943.08 0143034693 9780143034698 IG# 050201 20230410105220.0 51653