Format:
1 Online-Ressource (l, 642 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
3rd ed
Series Statement:
Area handbook series 550-173
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-593) and index
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Early history -- Medieval Germany. The Merovingian Dynasty, ca. 500-751 ; The Carolingian Dynasty, 752-911 ; The Saxon Dynasty, 919-1024 ; The Salian Dynasty, 1024-1125 ; The Hohenstaufen Dynasty, 1138-1254 ; The empire under the early Habsburgs -- The Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther ; Resistance to Lutheranism ; The Peace of Augsburg -- The Thirty Years' War, 1681-48. The Counter-Reformation and religious tensions ; military campaigns ; The Peace of Westphalia -- The age of enlightened absolutism, 1648-1789. Austria and Prussia ; The smaller states -- The French Revolution and Germany -- The German confederation, 1815-66. Economic and political trends toward unification ; The revolutions of 1848 ; The restoration -- Bismarck and unification -- Imperial Germany. Political parties ; The economy and population growth ; The tariff agreement of 1879 and its social consequences ; Bismarck's foreign policy ; Foreign policy in the Wilhelmine era ; World War I -- The Weimar Republic, 1918-33. The Weimar constitution ; Problems of parliamentary politics ; The Stresemann era ; Hitler and the rise of national socialism -- The Third Reich, 1933-45. The consolidation of power ; Foreign policy ; The outbreak of World War II ; Total mobilization, resistance, and the Holocaust ; Defeat -- Postwar occupation and division. The establishment of occupation zones ; The Nuremberg Trials and denazification ; Political parties and democratization ; The creation of the bizone ; The birth of the Federal Republic of Germany ; The birth of the German democratic republic -- West Germany and the community of nations. Rearmament and the European defense community ; Social market economy ; Ludwig Erhard and the grand coalition -- The Ulbricht era, 1949-71. Consolidation of the new state ; Planned economy ; The Warsaw Pact and the National People's Army ; The Berlin Wall ; The "socialist state of the German nation" ; The social democratic-free democratic coalition, 1969-82. Willy Brandt ; Ostpolitik ; Helmut Schmidt ; The student movement and terrorism ; The Greens -- The Christian democratic/Christian socialist-free democratic coalition, 1983- -- The Honecker era, 1971-89. The conference on security and cooperation in Europe ; The new East German constitution and the question of identity ; Relations between the two Germanys ; The peace movement and internal resistance ; The last days of East Germany -- The opening of the Berlin Wall and unification -- Physical setting. Topography ; Drainage ; Climate ; The environment -- Population. Historical background ; Fertility ; Age-gender distribution ; Mortality ; Population distribution and urbanization ; Immigration ; Ethnic minorities -- Women in society -- Marriage and family -- Housing -- Religion. Postwar Christianity ; Judaism ; Islam -- Social structure and social mobility -- The search for a new national identity --Social insurance and welfare programs. Historical development. Provisions of the social welfare system ; Current social welfare issues and outlook for the future -- National health insurance and medical care. Development of the health care system ; Health insurance ; Health care providers ; Remuneration of health care providers ; Current health care issues and outlook for the future -- Education. Historical background ; Educational policy making and administration ; Education finances ; The education system ; Education in the new Lander ; Current education issues and outlook for the future -- Patterns of development. History ; The social market economy ; The economic miracle and beyond ; Unification and its aftermath ; Structural and technological questions -- The role of government and other institutions. The federal government role ; Land and local governments ; Government subsidies ; Government expenditures and the national debt ; The associations -- The culture of German management -- Labor and codetermination -- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing -- Industry. Manufacturing ; Energy and natural resources -- The financial system. The Bundesbank ; Banking and its role in the economy ; Nonbank financing -- Other services. Transportation ; Telecommunications ; Tourism.
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[cont.] Germany in the world economy. Germany in world finance and in the Group of Seven ; The deutsche mark as an international currency -- Germany in the European economy. Germany in the European community ; The European single market ; Germany and the European Union ; Germany in the European monetary system ; Germany and the European monetary union -- Foreign trade and investment. Trade philosophy and the trade balance ; International investment in and by Germany -- Foreign aid -- Constitutional framework. The constitution ; Federalism -- Government institutions. The president ; The chancellor and the cabinet ; The legislature ; The judiciary ; The civil service ; Land and the local government -- The electoral system -- Political parties. Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union ; Social Democratic Party of Germany ; Free Democratic Party ; The Greens ; The Republikaner and the German People's Union ; Party of democratic socialism -- Extraparty political forces. Business and industry ; Labor unions ; The churches ; Agriculture ; Citizens' initiative associations -- The mass media. Newspapers ; Radio and television -- Political developments since unification -- Major foreign policy goals and strategies. Early developments ; Postwar developments ; Unification ; Foreign reaction to unification ; Postunification developments -- Foreign policy formulation. Institutional framework ; Domestic influences on foreign policy ; The out-of-area debate -- International cooperation. North Atlantic Treaty Organization ; Western European Union ; Eurocorps ; European Union ; Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ; United Nations -- Military tradition. Early history ; Prussia's emergence as a military power ; The German military in two world wars ; Creation of the Bundeswehr -- Strategic concerns and military missions -- The armed forces. Command and control ; Army ; Navy ; Air force ; Training ; Reserves ; Morale -- Integration of East German armed forces -- Defense budget -- Military justice -- Uniforms, ranks, and insignia -- Citizens in uniform. Personnel policies ; Service obligations ; Benefits -- Defense production and export -- Foreign military relations -- International military missions -- Internal security. Federal police agencies ; Land police agencies ; Criminal justice ; Incidence of crime and incarceration ; Dissidence and terrorist activity -- List of figures. Administrative divisions of Germany, 1995 ; The Carolingian Empire divided by the Treaty of Verdun, A.D. 843 ; Germany at the time of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century ; The German struggle for unification, 1815-71 ; The Weimar Republic, 1918-33 ; Germany, 1949-90 ; Topography and drainage ; Population by age and gender, 1992 ; Structure of the education system, 1994 ; Economic activity, 1995 ; Transportation system, 1995 ; Inland waterways, 1995 ; Structure of the government, 1995 ; Organization of the Ministry of Defense, 1995 ; Officer ranks and insignia, 1995 ; Enlisted ranks and insignia, 1995.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0844408530
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780844408538
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Germany Washington, DC : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1996 ISBN 0844408530
Language:
English
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