1. The historical context
Social change and the formation of cultural milieus
Courtly and aristocratic culture
The Catholic cultural milieu
Anton von Werner and The proclamation of the German Empire
The restoration of the Imperial Palace in Goslar
Multi-purpose monuments: Cologne Cathedral and the Hermann Monument
National monuments in Imperial Germany
Imperial ceremonial and festival culture
Building the empire: imperial architecture from post office to parliament
The search for a national style
A preoccupation with history
Historicism in architecture and design
The hero as archaeologist
Realism in Gründerzeit literature and art
4. Cultural critics and revolts
Jugendstil in applied art and architecture
Aestheticism in literature and music
5. 'Wilhelminism' and its discontents
Wilhelm II's Kunstpolitik
Wilhelmine reform movements
Lifestyle reform (Lebensreform)
Wandervogel and other youth organizations
Artists' colonies and communities
Land reform and the garden city movement
The challenge of commercial and popular culture
6. Expressionism, nationalism and war
'Storm' and 'action': apocalypse now?
Nationalism and chauvinism in later Wilhelmine culture
Continuities and discontinuities.
