The Peculiarities of German History — David Blackbourn & Geoff Eley

Author: David Blackbourn and Geoff Eley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Edition: Revised and expanded edition, 1984
ISBN: 0-19-873058-6

Condition: Good second-hand condition with light shelf wear and minor edge rubbing to covers and spine. Binding remains solid and pages are clean throughout. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

The Peculiarities of German History is a major work of modern European historiography and one of the most influential reassessments of nineteenth-century German political development. Challenging the traditional “special path” (Sonderweg) interpretation of German history, Blackbourn and Eley argue against the idea that Germany’s path to modernity was uniquely flawed or inevitably led toward fascism.