Friedrich Kiessling

The new presentation of the history of Europe between 1890 and 1918 in the Oldenbourg Grundriss der Geschichte series. Reliable and easy to read, the volume traces the dynamics of the internal development of the European states on the threshold of mass politicisation and democratisation as well as the dynamics of the international system or the consequences of European expansion in the 'age of imperialism'. A concise account of the First World War, in which many of the preceding developments culminated, concludes the volume, which begins with the departure of Bismarck as German Chancellor in 1890. Based on the current state of research, a multifaceted portrait emerges of an era in which Europe finally set out on the path to modernity - with all its positive and negative consequences.