
'What is a German's fatherland?', asked Ernst Moritz Arndt at the
beginning of the nineteenth century. This has arguably been the central
question of modern German history. Germans did not have a united
fatherland until 1871, and, thereafter, major political events...

'What is a German's fatherland?', asked Ernst Moritz Arndt at the
beginning of the nineteenth century. This has arguably been the central
question of modern German history. Germans did not have a united
fatherland until 1871, and, thereafter, major political events...

Fully revised and updated, the new edition of Germany explains the diverse ways in which national identity has been constructed over more than three centuries. It highlights the plurality of contested definitions of 'Germanness'. The themes covered include - The struggles between...