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==Contemporary==
===Guides===
* Schafers, Bernha, ''The State of Germany Atlas'' (1998) [http://www.amazon.com/State-Germany-Atlas-Bernha-Schafers/dp/0415188261/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324991&sr=1-27 excerpt and text search]
* Schulte-Peevers, Andrea, et al. ''Lonely Planet Germany'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Germany-Andrea-Schulte-Peevers/dp/1740599888/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324694&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
===Economics and society===
*  Siebert, Horst. ''The German Economy: Beyond the Social Market'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/German-Economy-Beyond-Social-Market/dp/0691096643/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201328508&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Zimmermann, Klaus F. et al. ''Immigration Policy and the Labor Market: The German Experience and Lessons for Europe'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Immigration-Policy-Labor-Market-Experience/dp/354068381X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201328716&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]
 
===Politics===
* Green, Simon, and William E. Paterson. ''Governance in Contemporary Germany: The Semisovereign State Revisited'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Governance-Contemporary-Germany-Semisovereign-Revisited/dp/0521848814/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324991&sr=1-25 excerpt and text search]
* Hancock, M. Donald, ''Politics in Europe: An Introduction to the Politics of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Europe-Introduction-Kingdom-Germany/dp/1933116455/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324694&sr=1-11 excerpt and text search]
* Schmidt, Manfred G. ''Political Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany''  (2003)  ISBN 0198782594
==History==
==History==
===Surveys and historiography==
===Surveys and historiography===
* Bithell, Jethro, ed. ''Germany: A Companion to German Studies'' (5th ed. 1955), 578pp; essays on German literature, music, philosophy, art and, especially, history. [http://www.questia.com/library/book/germany-a-companion-to-german-studies-by-jethro-bithell.jsp online edition]
* Buse, Dieter K. ed. ''Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture 1871-1990'' (2 vol 1998)
* Detwiler, Donald S. ''Germany: A Short History'' (3rd ed. 1999) 341pp; [http://www.questia.com/library/book/germany-a-short-history-by-donald-s-detwiler.jsp online edition]
* Evans, Richard J. ''Rereading German History: From Unification to Reunification, 1800-1996'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/rereading-german-history-from-unification-to-reunification-1800-1996-by-richard-j-evans.jsp online edition]
* Evans, Richard J. ''Rereading German History: From Unification to Reunification, 1800-1996'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/rereading-german-history-from-unification-to-reunification-1800-1996-by-richard-j-evans.jsp online edition]
* Holborn, Hajo. ''A History of Modern Germany'' (3 vol 1959-64); col 1: The Reformation; vol 2: 1648-1840 [http://www.amazon.com/History-Modern-Germany-Hajo-Holborn/dp/0691007969/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201323320&sr=8-1 online and text search];  vol 3. 1840-1945
* Maehl, William Harvey. ''Germany in Western Civilization'' (1979), 833pp
* Reinhardt, Kurt F. ''Germany: 2000 Years'' (2 vols., 1961), stress on cultural topics
* Taylor, A. J. P. ''The Course of German History: A Survey of the Development of German History since 1815.'' (2001). 280pp; [http://www.questia.com/read/107459655 online edition]
* Taylor, A. J. P. ''The Course of German History: A Survey of the Development of German History since 1815.'' (2001). 280pp; [http://www.questia.com/read/107459655 online edition]
* Watson P. (2010) [http://www.harpercollins.com/books/The-German-Genius-Peter-Watson?isbn=9780060760236&HCHP=TB_The+German+Genius ''The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century'']. HarperCollins. Harper Perennial. ISBN 9780060760236. | [http://books.google.com/books?id=3z9NfMRRVrEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books preview]. | A cultural and intellectual history.


==Pre 1870==
==Pre 1870==
==Since 1870==
===Medieval===
* Arnold, Benjamin. ''Medieval Germany, 500-1300: A Political Interpretation'' (1998) 
* Barraclough, Geoffrey. ''The Origins of Modern Germany'' (2d ed., 1947)
* Fuhrmann, Horst, and Timothy Reuter. ''Germany in the High Middle Ages: c.1050-1200'' (1986) [http://www.amazon.com/Germany-High-Middle-Ages-c-1050-1200/dp/0521319803/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201323097&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Haverkamp, Alfred, Helga Braun, and Richard Mortimer. ''Medieval Germany 1056-1273'' (1992)
* Jeep, John M. ''Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia''  (2001), 928pp, 650 articles by 200 scholars cover A.D. 500 to 1500[http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Germany-Encyclopedia-Routledge-Encyclopedias/dp/0824076443 excerpt and text search]
* Reuter, Timothy. ''Germany in the Early Middle Ages, C. 800-1056'' (1991)
===Reformation===
see also [[Martin Luther]]
 
* Bainton, Roland H. ''Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther'' (1978; reprinted 1995) [http://www.amazon.com/Here-I-Stand-Martin-Luther/dp/0452011469/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200876332&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Dickens, A. G. ''Martin Luther and the Reformation'' (1969), basic introduction
* Junghans, Helmar. ''Martin Luther: Exploring His Life and Times, 1483–1546.'' (book plus CD ROM) (1998)
* Ranke, Leopold von. ''History of the Reformation in Germany'' (1905)  792 pp; by Germany's foremost scholar [http://books.google.com/books?id=KPdBAAAAIAAJ&dq=intitle:history+intitle:reformation&lr=lang_en&num=30&as_brr=1&ei=GsaVR5S0OIXy6gK5z9CeBw complete text online free]
* Smith, Preserved. ''The Life and Letters of Martin Luther.'' (1911) [http://books.google.com/books?id=bngAAAAAMAAJ&dq=intitle:The+intitle:Life+intitle:and+intitle:Letters+intitle:of+intitle:Martin+intitle:Luther&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&ei=DO-TR86lGKeGtgPWkuxG complete edition online free]
 
===Early Modern to 1815===
==1815-1933==
see also [[Bismark]]
* Berghahn, Volker Rolf. ''Modern Germany: society, economy, and politics in the twentieth century'' (1987) [http://hdl.handle.net.proxy.cc.uic.edu/2027/heb.01673 ACLS E-book]
* Blackbourn, David, and  Geoff Eley. ''The Peculiarities of German History: Bourgeois Society and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Germany'' (1984) [http://www.questia.com/read/27706474 online edition]
* Brose, Eric Dorn. ''German History, 1789-1871: From the Holy Roman Empire to the Bismarckian Reich.'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/read/10401562 online edition]
* Craig, Gordon A. ''Germany, 1866-1945'' (1978) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/germany-1866-1945-by-gordon-a-craig.jsp online edition]
* Mann, Golo. ''History of Germany since 1789'' (1968), very well written
* Mommsen, Wolfgang J. ''Imperial Germany 1867-1918: Politics, Culture and Society in an Authoritarian State'' (1995)
* Retallack, James. ''Germany in the Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II'' (1996) [http://www.amazon.com/Germany-Wilhelm-Studies-European-History/dp/0312160313/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201322874&sr=8-11 excerpt and text search]
* Sheehan, James J. ''German History, 1770-1866'' (1993), the major survey in English [http://www.amazon.com/German-History-1770-1866-Oxford-Modern/dp/0198204329/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201322874&sr=8-8 except and text search]
* Sheehan, James J. ''German Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century'' (1978, 1995) [http://www.amazon.com/German-Liberalism-Nineteenth-Century-Sheehan/dp/157392606X/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201322874&sr=8-14 excerpt and text search]
* Wehler, Hans-Ulrich. ''The German Empire 1871-1918'' (1984)
 
===Nazi era===
===Nazi era===
see also [[National Socialism]] for more books
see also [[National Socialism]] for more books
====Origins====
* Bracher, Karl D. ''The German Dictatorship: The Origins, Structure and Consequences of National Socialism'' (1973). Influential analysis by political scientist
* Allen, William S. ''The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945.'' (1965). [http://www.amazon.com/Nazi-Seizure-Power-Experience-1922-1945/dp/0531056333/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874016&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Burleigh, Michael. ''The Third Reich: A New History.'' (2000). 864 pp. Stress on antisemitism; [http://www.amazon.com/Third-Reich-New-History/dp/080909326X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874312&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Brustein, William. ''The Logic of Evil: The Social Origins of the Nazi Party, 1925-1933,'' 1996; 252 pages
*  Childers, Thomas. ''The Nazi Voter: The Social Foundations of Fascism in Germany, 1919-1933'' (1983) [http://www.amazon.com/Nazi-Voter-Foundations-Fascism-1919-1933/dp/0807841471/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874086&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Evans, Richard J.  ''The Coming of the Third Reich: A History.'' 2004. 622 pp., a major scholarly survey  [http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Third-Reich-Richard-Evans/dp/B0007XWNGO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982055&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Evans, Richard J.  ''The Coming of the Third Reich: A History.'' 2004. 622 pp., a major scholarly survey  [http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Third-Reich-Richard-Evans/dp/B0007XWNGO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982055&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Turner, Henry Ashby, Jr.  ''Hitler's Thirty Days to Power: January 1933.'' 1996. 272 pp.  [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98209364 online edition]
* Evans, Richard J.  ''The Third Reich in Power: 1933-1939.'' (2005). 800 pp.  The major scholarly study [http://www.amazon.com/Third-Reich-Power-1933-1939/dp/1594200742/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982055&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Mommsen, Hans. ''The Third Reich between Vision and Reality: New Perspectives on German History, 1918-1945'' (2001) [http://www.questia.com/read/104090875 online edition]
* Overy, Richard. ''The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Hitlers-Germany-Stalins-Russia/dp/B000FTCH5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874351&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Roderick, Stacke. ''Hitler's Germany: Origins, Interpretations, Legacies'' (1999) [http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Germany-Origins-Interpretations-Legacies/dp/0415201152/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198895224&sr=1-12 excerpt and text search]
 
* Zentner, Christian and Bedürftig, Friedemann, eds. ''The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich.'' 2 vol. Macmillan, 1991. 1120 pp.


====Hitler====
====Nazi Leaders====
see [[Adolf Hitler]] for more books
see [[Adolf Hitler]] for more books
* Breitman, Richard. ''The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/Architect-Genocide-Solution-Institute-European/dp/0874515963/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982257&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Bullock, Alan. ''Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, '' (1962) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=55427796 online edition]  
* Bullock, Alan. ''Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, '' (1962) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=55427796 online edition]  
* Geary, Dick. ''Hitler and Nazism,''  (2000) 97 pages
* Kershaw, Ian.  ''Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris.'' vol. 1. 1999. 700 pp.  [http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-1889-1936-Hubris-Ian-Kershaw/dp/0393320359/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874144&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1]; vol 2: ''Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis.'' 2000. 832 pp.; the leading scholarly biography, [http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-1936-1945-Nemesis-Ian-Kershaw/dp/0393322521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874179&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 2]
* Kershaw, Ian.  ''Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris.'' vol. 1. 1999. 700 pp.  [http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-1889-1936-Hubris-Ian-Kershaw/dp/0393320359/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874144&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 1]; vol 2: ''Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis.'' 2000. 832 pp.; the leading scholarly biography, [http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-1936-1945-Nemesis-Ian-Kershaw/dp/0393322521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874179&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search vol 2]
* Kershaw, Ian.  ''The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich.'' (1987). 297 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Myth-Image-Reality-Third/dp/0192802062/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874219&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Kershaw, Ian.  ''The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich.'' (1987). 297 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Myth-Image-Reality-Third/dp/0192802062/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874219&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Kershaw, Ian. "Hitler and the Uniqueness of Nazism." ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 2004 39(2): 239-254. Issn: 0022-0094 Fulltext: in [[Ebsco]]
* Nicholls, David.  ''Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion.'' ABC-CLIO, 2000. 344 pp.   
* Nicholls, David.  ''Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion.'' ABC-CLIO, 2000. 344 pp.   
* Overy, Richard. '' Goering''  (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Goering-Richard-Overy/dp/1842120484/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982214&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Speer, Albert. ''Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs'' 1970. [http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Third-Reich-Albert-Speer/dp/1842127357/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982338&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search]
* Welch, David. ''Hitler'' UCL Press 1998. 123pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=109000510 online edition]
* Welch, David. ''Hitler'' UCL Press 1998. 123pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=109000510 online edition]
====Party and Nazi State: 1933-45====
* Bracher, Karl D. ''The German Dictatorship: The Origins, Structure and Consequences of National Socialism'' (1973). Influential analysis by political scientist
* Burleigh, Michael.  ''The Third Reich: A New History.'' (2000). 864 pp. Stress on antisemitism; [http://www.amazon.com/Third-Reich-New-History/dp/080909326X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874312&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Evans, Richard J.  ''The Third Reich in Power: 1933-1939.'' (2005). 800 pp.  The major scholarly study [http://www.amazon.com/Third-Reich-Power-1933-1939/dp/1594200742/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982055&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Geary, Dick. ''Hitler and Nazism,''  (2000) 97 pages
* Kershaw, Ian. ''The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation'' (3rd edition, 1999)
* Overy, Richard. ''The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Hitlers-Germany-Stalins-Russia/dp/B000FTCH5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874351&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
*  Williamson, David.  "Was Hitler a Weak Dictator?," ''History Review.'' 2002. pp 9+. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5000710589 online version]
*  Williamson, David.  "Was Hitler a Weak Dictator?," ''History Review.'' 2002. pp 9+. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5000710589 online version]
* Zentner, Christian and Bedürftig, Friedemann, eds. ''The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich.'' 2 vol. Macmillan, 1991. 1120 pp.
===Leadership===
* Breitman, Richard. ''The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution'' (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/Architect-Genocide-Solution-Institute-European/dp/0874515963/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982257&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Overy, Richard. '' Goering''  (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Goering-Richard-Overy/dp/1842120484/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982214&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Speer, Albert. ''Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs'' 1970. [http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Third-Reich-Albert-Speer/dp/1842127357/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195982338&sr=1-9 excerpt and text search]


===Holocaust===
===Holocaust===
* Burleigh, Michael.  ''The Third Reich: A New History.'' (2000). 864 pp. Stress on antisemitism; [http://www.amazon.com/Third-Reich-New-History/dp/080909326X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198874312&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Dawidowicz, Lucy. ''The War against the Jews, 1933-45,'' (1977).     
* Dawidowicz, Lucy. ''The War against the Jews, 1933-45,'' (1977).     
* Friedlander, Saul. ''Nazi Germany and the Jews: Volume 1: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939'' (1998)  
* Friedlander, Saul. ''Nazi Germany and the Jews: Volume 1: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939'' (1998)  
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* Stephenson, Jill.  ''The Nazi Organisation of Women.'' (1981). 246 pp.   
* Stephenson, Jill.  ''The Nazi Organisation of Women.'' (1981). 246 pp.   
* Stibbe, Matthew. ''Women in the Third Reich,'' 2003, 208 pp.
* Stibbe, Matthew. ''Women in the Third Reich,'' 2003, 208 pp.
===1945-1990===
* Berghahn, Volker Rolf. ''Modern Germany: society, economy, and politics in the twentieth century'' (1987) [http://hdl.handle.net.proxy.cc.uic.edu/2027/heb.01673 ACLS E-book]
*  Fulbrook, Mary. ''Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR, 1949-1989'' (1998) [http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Dictatorship-Inside-GDR-1949-1989/dp/0198207204/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324544&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Klessmann, Christoph. ''The Divided Past: Rewriting Post-War German History'' (2001) [http://www.questia.com/read/102311940 online edition]
*  Pritchard, Gareth. ''The Making of the GDR, 1945-53'' (2004) 
* Ross, Corey. ''The East German Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives in the Interpretation of the GDR'' (2002)


 
===Since 1990===
==Political Institutions==
* Alba, Richard. Peter Schmidt, and Martina Wasmer. ''Germans or Foreigners?: Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany'' (2004)  [http://www.amazon.com/Germans-Foreigners-Minorities-Post-Reunification-Transition/dp/1403963789/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324886&sr=1-22 excerpt and text search]
*Manfred G. Schmidt (2003) ''Political Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany'' ISBN 0198782594
* Kahn, Charlotte. ''Ten Years of German Unification: One State, Two Peoples'' (2000) [http://www.questia.com/read/23486249 online edition]
*  Larres, Klaus. ''Germany Since Unification: The Development of the Berlin Republic'' (2nd ed. 2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Germany-Since-Unification-Second-Development/dp/0333919998/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324991&sr=1-28 excerpt and text search]

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Contemporary

Guides

Economics and society

  • Siebert, Horst. The German Economy: Beyond the Social Market (2005) excerpt and text search
  • Zimmermann, Klaus F. et al. Immigration Policy and the Labor Market: The German Experience and Lessons for Europe (2007) excerpt and text search

Politics

  • Green, Simon, and William E. Paterson. Governance in Contemporary Germany: The Semisovereign State Revisited (2005) excerpt and text search
  • Hancock, M. Donald, Politics in Europe: An Introduction to the Politics of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden (2006) excerpt and text search
  • Schmidt, Manfred G. Political Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany (2003) ISBN 0198782594

History

Surveys and historiography

  • Bithell, Jethro, ed. Germany: A Companion to German Studies (5th ed. 1955), 578pp; essays on German literature, music, philosophy, art and, especially, history. online edition
  • Buse, Dieter K. ed. Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture 1871-1990 (2 vol 1998)
  • Detwiler, Donald S. Germany: A Short History (3rd ed. 1999) 341pp; online edition
  • Evans, Richard J. Rereading German History: From Unification to Reunification, 1800-1996 (1997) online edition
  • Holborn, Hajo. A History of Modern Germany (3 vol 1959-64); col 1: The Reformation; vol 2: 1648-1840 online and text search; vol 3. 1840-1945
  • Maehl, William Harvey. Germany in Western Civilization (1979), 833pp
  • Reinhardt, Kurt F. Germany: 2000 Years (2 vols., 1961), stress on cultural topics
  • Taylor, A. J. P. The Course of German History: A Survey of the Development of German History since 1815. (2001). 280pp; online edition
  • Watson P. (2010) The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century. HarperCollins. Harper Perennial. ISBN 9780060760236. | Google Books preview. | A cultural and intellectual history.

Pre 1870

Medieval

  • Arnold, Benjamin. Medieval Germany, 500-1300: A Political Interpretation (1998)
  • Barraclough, Geoffrey. The Origins of Modern Germany (2d ed., 1947)
  • Fuhrmann, Horst, and Timothy Reuter. Germany in the High Middle Ages: c.1050-1200 (1986) excerpt and text search
  • Haverkamp, Alfred, Helga Braun, and Richard Mortimer. Medieval Germany 1056-1273 (1992)
  • Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia (2001), 928pp, 650 articles by 200 scholars cover A.D. 500 to 1500excerpt and text search
  • Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages, C. 800-1056 (1991)

Reformation

see also Martin Luther

  • Bainton, Roland H. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (1978; reprinted 1995) excerpt and text search
  • Dickens, A. G. Martin Luther and the Reformation (1969), basic introduction
  • Junghans, Helmar. Martin Luther: Exploring His Life and Times, 1483–1546. (book plus CD ROM) (1998)
  • Ranke, Leopold von. History of the Reformation in Germany (1905) 792 pp; by Germany's foremost scholar complete text online free
  • Smith, Preserved. The Life and Letters of Martin Luther. (1911) complete edition online free

Early Modern to 1815

1815-1933

see also Bismark

  • Berghahn, Volker Rolf. Modern Germany: society, economy, and politics in the twentieth century (1987) ACLS E-book
  • Blackbourn, David, and Geoff Eley. The Peculiarities of German History: Bourgeois Society and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Germany (1984) online edition
  • Brose, Eric Dorn. German History, 1789-1871: From the Holy Roman Empire to the Bismarckian Reich. (1997) online edition
  • Craig, Gordon A. Germany, 1866-1945 (1978) online edition
  • Mann, Golo. History of Germany since 1789 (1968), very well written
  • Mommsen, Wolfgang J. Imperial Germany 1867-1918: Politics, Culture and Society in an Authoritarian State (1995)
  • Retallack, James. Germany in the Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1996) excerpt and text search
  • Sheehan, James J. German History, 1770-1866 (1993), the major survey in English except and text search
  • Sheehan, James J. German Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century (1978, 1995) excerpt and text search
  • Wehler, Hans-Ulrich. The German Empire 1871-1918 (1984)

Nazi era

see also National Socialism for more books

  • Bracher, Karl D. The German Dictatorship: The Origins, Structure and Consequences of National Socialism (1973). Influential analysis by political scientist
  • Burleigh, Michael. The Third Reich: A New History. (2000). 864 pp. Stress on antisemitism; excerpt and text search
  • Evans, Richard J. The Coming of the Third Reich: A History. 2004. 622 pp., a major scholarly survey excerpt and text search
  • Evans, Richard J. The Third Reich in Power: 1933-1939. (2005). 800 pp. The major scholarly study excerpt and text search
  • Mommsen, Hans. The Third Reich between Vision and Reality: New Perspectives on German History, 1918-1945 (2001) online edition
  • Overy, Richard. The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia (2004) excerpt and text search
  • Roderick, Stacke. Hitler's Germany: Origins, Interpretations, Legacies (1999) excerpt and text search
  • Zentner, Christian and Bedürftig, Friedemann, eds. The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. 2 vol. Macmillan, 1991. 1120 pp.

Nazi Leaders

see Adolf Hitler for more books

Holocaust

  • Dawidowicz, Lucy. The War against the Jews, 1933-45, (1977).
  • Friedlander, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews: Volume 1: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939 (1998)
  • Friedlander, Saul. The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 (2007), the standard history excerpt and text search
  • Gilbert, Martin. The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War (1987) excerpt and text search
  • Gilbert, Martin. The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust (2002)excerpt and text search
  • Landau, Ronnie. The Nazi Holocaust (2002)
  • Niewyk, Donald, and Francis Nicosia. The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust. (2000) online edition
  • Wistrich, Robert S. Hitler and the Holocaust. 2001. 295 pp.

Economics and Labor

  • Baranowsky, Shelley. Strength Through Joy: Consumerism and Mass Tourism in the Third Reich (2004)
  • Overy, R. J. The Nazi Economic Recovery 1932-1938 (1996) excerpt and text search
  • Tooze, Adam. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy (2007), highly influential new study

Resistance

  • Benz, Wolfgang, and Walter H. Pehle, eds. Encyclopedia of German Resistance to the Nazi Movement. (1997). 354 pages
  • Hamerow, Theodore S. On the Road to the Wolf's Lair: German Resistance to Hitler (1997) 454 pages
  • R. P. Heller. The Flame of Freedom: The German Struggle against Hitler. (1994) focus on Army online edition
  • Thomsett, Michael C. The German Opposition to Hitler: The Resistance, the Underground, and Assassination Plots, 1938-1945 (2nd ed 2007) 278 pages

Women, children, youth

  • Bridenthal, Renate, Atina Grossmann, and Marion Kaplan. When Biology Became Destiny: Women in Weimar and Nazi Germany (1984).
  • Cosner, Shaaron and Cosner, Victoria. Women under the Third Reich: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1998. 203 pp.
  • Koonz, Claudia. Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, Family Life, and Nazi Ideology, 1919-1945. (1986). 640 pp. The major study
  • Rempel, Gerhard. Hitler's Children: The Hitler Youth and the SS, (1989) online edition
  • Stephenson, Jill. The Nazi Organisation of Women. (1981). 246 pp.
  • Stibbe, Matthew. Women in the Third Reich, 2003, 208 pp.

1945-1990

  • Berghahn, Volker Rolf. Modern Germany: society, economy, and politics in the twentieth century (1987) ACLS E-book
  • Fulbrook, Mary. Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Inside the GDR, 1949-1989 (1998) excerpt and text search
  • Klessmann, Christoph. The Divided Past: Rewriting Post-War German History (2001) online edition
  • Pritchard, Gareth. The Making of the GDR, 1945-53 (2004)
  • Ross, Corey. The East German Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives in the Interpretation of the GDR (2002)


Since 1990

  • Alba, Richard. Peter Schmidt, and Martina Wasmer. Germans or Foreigners?: Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany (2004) excerpt and text search
  • Kahn, Charlotte. Ten Years of German Unification: One State, Two Peoples (2000) online edition
  • Larres, Klaus. Germany Since Unification: The Development of the Berlin Republic (2nd ed. 2001) excerpt and text search
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