Germany, a nation in its time: before, during, and after nationalism, 1500-2000

PART I THE NATION BEFORE NATIONALISM

Seeing Germany for the First Time (c. 1500)

"Germany ... As If in a Mirror" (c. 1500-1580)

The Tears of Stoics (c. 1580-1700)

PART II THE COPERNICAN TURN

Partition and Patriotism (c. 1700-1770)

The Surface and the Interior (c. 1770-1790)

De l'Allemagne (c. 1790-1815)

PART III THE AGE OF NATIONALISM

Developing Nation (c. 1815-1850)

Nation Shapes (c. 1850-1870)

Objective Nation (c. 1870-1914)

PART IV THE NATIONALIST AGE

Sacrifice For (c. 1914-1933)

Sacrifice Of (c. 1933-1941)

Death Spaces (c. 1941-1945)

PART V AFTER NATIONALISM

A Living Concept of Fatherland (c. 1945-1950)

The Presence of Compassion (c. 1950-2000)

Epilogue: The Republic of the Germans at the Beginning of the Twenty-Second Century.