Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918

"The great merit of the volume is thus to analyze the playing out, if not the full resolution, of these controversies, during the era that has followed German reunification." (English Historical Review, June 2009)

"Jefferies has produced a balanced, up-to-date book which will be an invaluable study aid for students and academics alike. ... A welcome arrival in so densely researched a field." (History, April 2009)

"In the past two decades, American, British and German historians have offered fundamentally new perspectives on the trajectory of Imperial Germany, often informed by recent approaches in social and cultural history. What was still needed, therefore, was a companion to the findings of this burgeoning and often controversial literature, a companion that is now available with this very informative and always reliable book by Matthew Jefferies."(History Today)

"An intelligent and very well informed discussion of the wide-ranging and sometimes vituperative historiography of Imperial Germany. Historians will appreciate the many balanced judgements and valuable reflections."
–Alastair Thompson, Durham University

"This is an excellent text. The style is clear and accessible; the exposition zips along while paying careful attention to the historiographical and interpretive problems and controversies the book is conceived to address. It is just the kind of critical introduction the bright and interested undergraduate needs."
–Geoff Eley, University of Michigan