Geoff Eley is the Sylvia L. Thrupp Collegiate Professor of Comparative History and has taught at the University of Michigan since 1979. His primary appointment is in History, with a cross appointment in German Studies and an additional affiliation with Film and Video Studies.

"It is one of the main merits of this volume to historicize the 'modern' concept of parliamentarianism and democracy ... offers a stimulating contribution to the scholarship on Imperial Germany."  · H-Soz-u-Kult"[this] brief review cannot do justice to the breadth of contributions offered in this slender volume. While the collection does not cover all aspects of Wilhelmine history…it does provide a good introduction to the current state o f the field…these essays offer avenues for further exploration rather than definitive statements."  · German Studies Review"…a valuable volume which makes some substantial contribution to a number of subfields in modern German history…the editors are to be thanked for assembling a volume of original and insightful works, one which ought to be in the collection of every library that supports programs in contemporary German history, cultural studies, or political science."  · Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire

• ForewordVolker R. BerghahnAcknowledgmentsIntroductionGeoff Eley and James RetallackChapter 1. Making a Place in the Nation: Meanings of "Citizenship" in Wilhelmine GermanyGeoff EleyChapter 2. Membership, Organization, and Wilhelmine Modernism: Constructing Economic Democracy through CooperationBrett FairbairnChapter 3. "Few better farmers in Europe"? Productivity, Change, and Modernization in East-Elbian Agriculture, 1870-1913Oliver GrantChapter 4. The Wilhelmine Regime and the Problem of Reform: German Debates about Modern Nation-StatesMark HewitsonChapter 5. Lebensreform: A Middle-Class Antidote to WilhelminismMatthew JefferiesChapter 6. Imperial Socialism of the Chair: Gustav Schmoller and German Weltpolitik, 1897-1905Erik Grimmer-SolemChapter 7. "Our natural ally": German Social Democrats, Anglo-German Relations, and the Contradictory Agendas of Wilhelmine Socialism, 1897-1900Paul ProbertChapter 8. The "Malet Incident," October 1895: A Prelude to the Kaiser's "Krüger Telegram" in the Context of the Anglo-German Imperialist RivalryWillem-Alexander van't PadjeChapter 9. Colonial Agitation and the Bismarckian State: The Case of Carl PetersArne PerrasChapter 10. The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German ColonyNils Ole OermannChapter 11. Max Warburg and German Politics: The Limits of Financial Power in Wilhelmine GermanyNiall FergusonChapter 12. Continuity and Change in Post-Wilhelmine Germany: From the 1918 Revolution to the Ruhr CrisisConan FischerChapter 13. A Wilhelmine Legacy? Coudenhove-Kalergi's "Paneuropa" as an Alternative Path towards a European (Post-)Modernity, 1922-1932Katiana OrlucChapter 14. Ideas into Politics: Meanings of "Stasis" in Wilhelmine GermanyJames RetallackNotes on ContributorsList of Publications by Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann

Geoff Eley is the Sylvia L. Thrupp Collegiate Professor of Comparative History and has taught at the University of Michigan since 1979. His primary appointment is in History, with a cross appointment in German Studies and an additional affiliation with Film and Video Studies.

"It is one of the main merits of this volume to historicize the 'modern' concept of parliamentarianism and democracy ... offers a stimulating contribution to the scholarship on Imperial Germany."  · H-Soz-u-Kult"[this] brief review cannot do justice to the breadth of contributions offered in this slender volume. While the collection does not cover all aspects of Wilhelmine history…it does provide a good introduction to the current state o f the field…these essays offer avenues for further exploration rather than definitive statements."  · German Studies Review"…a valuable volume which makes some substantial contribution to a number of subfields in modern German history…the editors are to be thanked for assembling a volume of original and insightful works, one which ought to be in the collection of every library that supports programs in contemporary German history, cultural studies, or political science."  · Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire

• ForewordVolker R. BerghahnAcknowledgmentsIntroductionGeoff Eley and James RetallackChapter 1. Making a Place in the Nation: Meanings of "Citizenship" in Wilhelmine GermanyGeoff EleyChapter 2. Membership, Organization, and Wilhelmine Modernism: Constructing Economic Democracy through CooperationBrett FairbairnChapter 3. "Few better farmers in Europe"? Productivity, Change, and Modernization in East-Elbian Agriculture, 1870-1913Oliver GrantChapter 4. The Wilhelmine Regime and the Problem of Reform: German Debates about Modern Nation-StatesMark HewitsonChapter 5. Lebensreform: A Middle-Class Antidote to WilhelminismMatthew JefferiesChapter 6. Imperial Socialism of the Chair: Gustav Schmoller and German Weltpolitik, 1897-1905Erik Grimmer-SolemChapter 7. "Our natural ally": German Social Democrats, Anglo-German Relations, and the Contradictory Agendas of Wilhelmine Socialism, 1897-1900Paul ProbertChapter 8. The "Malet Incident," October 1895: A Prelude to the Kaiser's "Krüger Telegram" in the Context of the Anglo-German Imperialist RivalryWillem-Alexander van't PadjeChapter 9. Colonial Agitation and the Bismarckian State: The Case of Carl PetersArne PerrasChapter 10. The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German ColonyNils Ole OermannChapter 11. Max Warburg and German Politics: The Limits of Financial Power in Wilhelmine GermanyNiall FergusonChapter 12. Continuity and Change in Post-Wilhelmine Germany: From the 1918 Revolution to the Ruhr CrisisConan FischerChapter 13. A Wilhelmine Legacy? Coudenhove-Kalergi's "Paneuropa" as an Alternative Path towards a European (Post-)Modernity, 1922-1932Katiana OrlucChapter 14. Ideas into Politics: Meanings of "Stasis" in Wilhelmine GermanyJames RetallackNotes on ContributorsList of Publications by Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann

Geoff Eley is the Sylvia L. Thrupp Collegiate Professor of Comparative History and has taught at the University of Michigan since 1979. His primary appointment is in History, with a cross appointment in German Studies and an additional affiliation with Film and Video Studies.

"It is one of the main merits of this volume to historicize the 'modern' concept of parliamentarianism and democracy ... offers a stimulating contribution to the scholarship on Imperial Germany."  · H-Soz-u-Kult"[this] brief review cannot do justice to the breadth of contributions offered in this slender volume. While the collection does not cover all aspects of Wilhelmine history…it does provide a good introduction to the current state o f the field…these essays offer avenues for further exploration rather than definitive statements."  · German Studies Review"…a valuable volume which makes some substantial contribution to a number of subfields in modern German history…the editors are to be thanked for assembling a volume of original and insightful works, one which ought to be in the collection of every library that supports programs in contemporary German history, cultural studies, or political science."  · Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire

• ForewordVolker R. BerghahnAcknowledgmentsIntroductionGeoff Eley and James RetallackChapter 1. Making a Place in the Nation: Meanings of "Citizenship" in Wilhelmine GermanyGeoff EleyChapter 2. Membership, Organization, and Wilhelmine Modernism: Constructing Economic Democracy through CooperationBrett FairbairnChapter 3. "Few better farmers in Europe"? Productivity, Change, and Modernization in East-Elbian Agriculture, 1870-1913Oliver GrantChapter 4. The Wilhelmine Regime and the Problem of Reform: German Debates about Modern Nation-StatesMark HewitsonChapter 5. Lebensreform: A Middle-Class Antidote to WilhelminismMatthew JefferiesChapter 6. Imperial Socialism of the Chair: Gustav Schmoller and German Weltpolitik, 1897-1905Erik Grimmer-SolemChapter 7. "Our natural ally": German Social Democrats, Anglo-German Relations, and the Contradictory Agendas of Wilhelmine Socialism, 1897-1900Paul ProbertChapter 8. The "Malet Incident," October 1895: A Prelude to the Kaiser's "Krüger Telegram" in the Context of the Anglo-German Imperialist RivalryWillem-Alexander van't PadjeChapter 9. Colonial Agitation and the Bismarckian State: The Case of Carl PetersArne PerrasChapter 10. The Law and the Colonial State: Legal Codification versus Practice in a German ColonyNils Ole OermannChapter 11. Max Warburg and German Politics: The Limits of Financial Power in Wilhelmine GermanyNiall FergusonChapter 12. Continuity and Change in Post-Wilhelmine Germany: From the 1918 Revolution to the Ruhr CrisisConan FischerChapter 13. A Wilhelmine Legacy? Coudenhove-Kalergi's "Paneuropa" as an Alternative Path towards a European (Post-)Modernity, 1922-1932Katiana OrlucChapter 14. Ideas into Politics: Meanings of "Stasis" in Wilhelmine GermanyJames RetallackNotes on ContributorsList of Publications by Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann