Part 1: German Historical Writing 1. Hans Rosenberg and the Great Depression of 1873-96: Politics and Economics in Recent German Historiography, 1960-80 2. Capitalism and the Wilhelmine State: Industrial Growth and Political Backwardness, 1890-1918 Part 2: The Social Foundations of the Kaisserreich 3. State Formation, Nationalism and Political Culture: Some Thoughts on the Unification of Germany 4. Army, State and Civil Society: Revisiting the Problem of German Militarism 5. Sammlungspolitik, Social Imperialism and the Navy law of 1898 6. Social Imperialism in Germany: Reformist Synthesis or Reactionary Sleight of Hand? Part 3: Enemies of the Reich 7. Joining Two Histories: The SPD and the German Working Class, 1860-1914 8.

German Politics and Polish Nationality: the Dialectic of Nation-Forming in East Prussia Part 4: The Origins of Nazism 9. The German Right, 1860-1945: How it Changed 10. What Produces Fascism: Pre-Industrial Traditions or a Crisis of the Capital State?.