Books in the Studies in German History series

Networks of Modernity: Germany in the Age of the Telegraph, 1830-1880 investigates the origins and impact of the communications revolution in nineteenth-century Germany, focusing on one of the most transformative technologies of the period - the electric telegraph.

Thirty years after German reunification, we still know little about what division meant to Germans who lived far from divided Berlin or the inner-German border. This work uses oral history interviews and archival evidence to compare how villagers in East and West experienced the two very different social and political systems in their localities.

Borders and Mobility in the Holy Roman Empire explores the history of freedom of movement in the German lands, one of the most fractured landscapes in human history. Focusing on safe-conduct, a key institution for channelling human mobility, the study looks at historical relationships between sovereignty and freedom of movement in a new light.