German Parliamentary Debates, 1848-1933

Edited by Mitchell Allen and Michael Hughes. This volume presents a selection of issues debated in the Frankfurt Assembly of 1848 and the later Reichstag of the unified Germany of 1870, translated by M. Hughes, provided with introductory and supplementary materials by M. Allen. Topics include the role of Austria in the proposed unification of Germany (1848), the «dangers» of Social Democracy (1878), the expansion of the High Seas Fleet (1900), the acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles (1919), and the Enabling Act of 1933 by which the Reichstag signed away its powers to Adolf Hitler. Through these debates, factions and figures that played key, if forgotten, roles in the German political landscape are examined and their importance acknowledged. VIII,296 Seiten, gebunden (Studies in Modern European History; Vol. 42/Peter Lang Verlag 2003) Mängelexemplar/near mint